Keanu Reeves | Easter Basket Case

Summary

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The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

Episode: Keanu Reeves | Easter Basket Case

Date: April 7, 2026

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Overview

In this episode, Stephen Colbert masterfully blends sharp political satire, current events, and insightful conversation with acclaimed actor Keanu Reeves. The show opens with Colbert's signature comedic commentary on recent political events and transitions into a revealing, entertaining interview with Reeves about his latest projects, including his new film "Outcome" and his musical endeavors with his band Dogstar. The episode is a mix of laughter, thoughtful reflection, and genuine moments, offering both social commentary and a close look at Keanu Reeves’ artistic journey.

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Main Segments & Key Discussion Points

1. Political Satire & Monologue (00:05-11:58)

• Easter and Political Chaos (00:05-05:44)

  • Colbert riffs on the chaos of the Easter weekend, skewering President Trump's dramatic online posts regarding Iran and satirically pondering the network's obligation to censor a sitting president.
  • Notable quote:

    "It is not often that a network has to bleep, bleep the words of a sitting president. Hasn't happened since Truman put that famous sign on his desk—'The stops. It'll all be bleeped.'"
    — Stephen Colbert (00:49)

  • References to a rescue mission for a downed U.S. airman inside Iran are juxtaposed with Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric during the White House Easter Egg Roll.

• Space News and Humanity’s Perspective (07:29-11:09)

  • Lighthearted discussion on NASA’s Artemis II mission, including the historic distance the crew has traveled and technical mishaps (frozen toilet pipes).
  • Colbert draws humor from the idea that "we're all on a spaceship," poking fun at his own eccentricities.
  • Notable quote:

    “You hear that? We're all on a spaceship. Which means we're all astronauts. ...And they said I was crazy for pooping in my vacuum cleaner.”
    — Stephen Colbert (08:55)

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2. Keanu Reeves Interview (12:27-24:15)

• Intro & Catching Up (12:27-14:09)

  • Colbert warmly welcomes Keanu Reeves, remarking on his attire and referencing Keanu's recent Broadway stint in "Waiting for Godot" with Alex Winter.
  • Keanu shares the intensity and emotional whiplash of finishing a 14-week stage run.
    • Notable quote:

      “It's an amazing work and doing it was a dream of a lifetime. The reality of it was even more intense and remarkable.”
      — Keanu Reeves (13:39)

  • Discussion of possible future performances in London or Japan.

• ‘Outcome’ – The New Film (15:03-18:26)

  • Keanu introduces his new Apple TV film, "Outcome,” directed by and co-starring Jonah Hill, co-written by Ezra Woods.
  • He describes playing "Reef Hawk," a former child actor recovering from a checkered past, suddenly thrust into a crisis due to a mysterious videotape.
    • Notable quotes:

      “Reef is an actor. He's a childhood actor. ...He thinks he's got his life together, and then he gets a call from his crisis lawyer, who's Jonah, and he's like, there's a videotape.”
      — Keanu Reeves (15:28) “The story is about, like, what's gonna happen. And it's a story of friendship, redemption, self learning, knowledge, and the importance of being honest. And Martin Scorsese's in it.”
      — Keanu Reeves (16:42)

• On Working with Martin Scorsese (17:05-17:47)

  • Keanu expresses awe at acting opposite Scorsese:

    “It's better than getting your arm bitten off? No, it's amazing. ...To act with him is extraordinary. You're just working with him and everything just feels really real and everything kind of disappears.”
    — Keanu Reeves (17:05)

  • Playful banter about being in the presence of a legend.

• Show Clip: Susan Lucci as Keanu’s Mom (18:16-19:38)

  • Preview of a scene featuring Susan Lucci as his stage mom on a reality show, highlighting comedic undertones and generational quirks.

• Early Career & The Cornflakes Commercial (20:27-21:35)

  • Colbert teases Keanu about his first paying acting gig—a cereal commercial.

    "I mean, I like corn flakes, so."
    — Keanu Reeves (21:29) “I would never audition for something I didn't like.”
    — Keanu Reeves (21:45)

• Cornflakes, Tony the Tiger, and Brand Loyalty (21:40-22:30)

  • Whimsical discussion about cereal mascots and authenticity in endorsement.

• Dogstar – The Band and Musical Endeavors (22:30-24:15)

  • Keanu discusses his role as bassist in Dogstar, their new album “All In,” and their upcoming international tour.

    “We made a couple of albums. We broke up for like 20 years. Then we got together and at 23, we made another album. And this. So this is our second album in the second incarnation.”
    — Keanu Reeves (23:48)

  • Humble deflection of “rock star” status despite embarking on a worldwide tour.

    “We’re like a band, but they’re not a rock star. I mean, there’s rock star.”
    — Keanu Reeves (23:27)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Stage Acting:

  “You don't even know. It's like I would imagine it's like if someone just cut off your arm.”
  — Keanu Reeves (14:02)

• On Redemption and Honesty:

  “It's a story of friendship, redemption, self learning, knowledge, and the importance of being honest.”
  — Keanu Reeves (16:42)

• On Commercial Authenticity:

  “I would never audition for something I didn't like.”
  — Keanu Reeves (21:45)

• On Being a Rock Star:

  “I’m not a rock star. ...Jack White, he’s more than just a rock star. ...He’s Jack White.”
  — Keanu Reeves (23:27, 23:38)

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Important Timestamps

• 00:05: Colbert's Easter monologue and political satire
• 07:29: NASA Artemis II mission & 'spaceship Earth' joke
• 11:58: Introduction of Keanu Reeves
• 13:39: Keanu on the emotional aftermath of "Waiting for Godot"
• 15:06: Keanu introduces "Outcome" and his character Reef Hawk
• 17:05: Keanu on acting with Martin Scorsese
• 18:16: Scene preview with Susan Lucci
• 21:29: Keanu reminisces about his first commercial
• 22:58: Discussion of Dogstar’s new album and tour

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Overall Tone

True to the Late Show’s spirit, the episode balances irreverent, topical humor with warmth and genuine curiosity during the interview. Keanu Reeves’ humility, passion, and humor shine through in Colbert’s engaging and playful questioning, making this a rich listen for fans of both late-night satire and in-depth celebrity conversation.

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Transcript

[Stephen Colbert]

Welcome to the Late show, everybody. I'm your host, Stephen Colbert. And I hope you all, I hope you all had a great, great weekend. Whether you celebrated Passover or Easter or like our president went 100% cage free crazy on the Internet because on Easter morning, he posted his latest plans for the war in Iran.

[Donald Trump]

Tuesday will be power plant day and bridge day all wrapped up in one in Iran. There will be nothing like it. Open the straight, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in hell. Just watch.

[Stephen Colbert]

You know, it is not often that a network has to bleep, bleep the words of a sitting president. Hasn't happened since Truman put that famous sign on his desk. The stops. It'll all be bleeped. Yeah, it's all bleeped and blurred, right? All blurred. Good. This Easter Day, threat of carnage had an unexpected ending.

[Donald Trump]

Praise be to Allah. President Donald J. Trump. Praise be to Allah. As we say every Easter, salaam alaikum. It means no worries for the rest of your days.

[Stephen Colbert]

A few hours later, A few hours later. Thank you, thank you, thank you very much. You're very kind. A few hours later, he put out an extra post teasing some Weeknight War

[Donald Trump]

Crimes 2 Tuesday, 8:00pm Eastern Time.

[Stephen Colbert]

Okay, he could be announcing a military attack in prime time tomorrow. He also might just be promoting NCIS. 23 seasons of solving boat crime. This week, a canoe strangled a drifter. Cbs. Seven more weeks until I don't have to promote ncis, but I will. I won't have to, but I will. I love you, Gary Cole. Keep in mind this promise of raining hell if Iran doesn't open the strait is the exact opposite of what Trump was saying last week when he said the strait is a problem.

[Donald Trump]

That's, quote, not for us.

[Stephen Colbert]

But now he's back in with a hard deadline of tomorrow night. And this one's serious. Not like on March 21st when Trump

[Donald Trump]

said he would hit and obliterate power

[Stephen Colbert]

plants if Iran didn't reopen the Strait within 48 hours or two. Two days after that when he postponed strikes for five more days or four days later when he postponed attacks for 10 days, which would have made the deadline today, April 6, except yesterday he said it'll be tomorrow. At this point, he's tried every tactic except passive aggressive parental guilt trip. Well, I guess you won't open the Strait of Hormuz before I die, but that's fine. I mean, who needs oil when I'm clearly never going to have grandchildren? I don't. I don't need them. I have canasta, which would be a beautiful name for a girl. In other war news this weekend, the US Military staged a daring and incredibly complex mission to rescue a downed airman from inside Iran as enemy forces race to capture him. Amazing. It's amazing. Breathtaking. Thanks to the hard work of hundreds of military personnel, the officer has safely returned home. And this morning, the President spoke about the operation during the White House Easter Egg Roll.

[Stephen Colbert (as interviewer or quoting Trump)]

What about the rescue that took place yesterday? What about that? Something that you rarely see.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yes. You rarely see. A military operation announced next to the Easter bunny. The closest is when President Obama did this.

[Keanu Reeves]

Good evening. Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world. The United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of Al Qaeda.

[Stephen Colbert]

I remember. I remember. Amazing night. After the bunny left, Trump repeated his threats to Iran.

[Stephen Colbert (as interviewer or quoting Trump)]

We are obliterating that country, and I hate to do it, but we're obliterating. And they just don't want to say uncle. They don't want to cry, as the expression goes, Uncle. But they will. And if they don't, they'll have no bridges, they'll have no power plants. They'll have no. Any.

[Stephen Colbert]

I really got a feel for that peppy Easter band. It's hard to keep up your festive toodling while the president threatens to blow up civilian infrastructure. Did he just say he'll blow up their desalination plants? Isn't that illegal?

[Donald Trump]

Sorry,

[Stephen Colbert]

Don't go far. No training. Despite threatening to obliterate their country, Trump believes Iranian citizens are on his side.

[Stephen Colbert (as interviewer or quoting Trump)]

The Iranian people, when they don't hear bombs go off, they're upset. They want to hear bombs because they want to be free.

[Stephen Colbert]

You may not have heard it, but he's got a point. You aren't truly free unless you're being bombed. In the immortal words of Patrick Henry, give me liberty and blow me up. Thank you. After some lighthearted death talk, Trump visited with kids to sign some of their drawings and talked about stuff kids just love.

[Stephen Colbert (as interviewer or quoting Trump)]

Does anybody have an auto pen? You know, Biden used to. They used to follow him with an auto pen in the car. He gave everything to the auto pen because he was incapable of signing, let alone running again.

[Donald Trump]

But I can sign anything, like a big boy. Let me show you. Give me that. Let me show you what I did

[Stephen Colbert]

on Jeffrey Epstein's birthday card.

[Donald Trump]

He goes like this.

[Stephen Colbert]

Allegedly. Allegedly.

[Keanu Reeves]

I didn't.

[Stephen Colbert]

There, right there. There you go. Get up here, Mom. There's some good news out there. Way out there. Because the Artemis 2 crew has now flown farther than humans ever have. They have flown. They are farther than humans have ever gone. But you have to ask, where are they running away from? Being so far away allows them to see our entire globe. And NASA shared these side by side photos taken by Apollo in 1972 and 2026 by Artemis. That is beautiful. That is amazing. That is stirring. But I gotta say, 2026, Earth looks a lot less vibrant. Did we do that in the last 54 years? I look forward to Al Gore's next documentary. Earth, you dusty ass bitch. 20 years ago. Yeah, it's 20 years. It's time for a yesterday. It's just different cameras. Oh, God. It's just the two different cameras. Yesterday, one of the Artemis astronauts sent an Easter message.

[Artemis 2 Astronaut]

You have this amazing place, this spaceship. You guys are talking to us because we're in a spaceship really far from Earth, but you're on a spaceship called Earth that was created to give us a place to live in the universe, in the cosmos.

[Stephen Colbert]

You hear that? We're all on a spaceship. Which means we're all astronauts. Yeah, you're an astronaut. You're an astronaut. And I'm. I'm an astronaut. And they said I was crazy for pooping in my vacuum cleaner. I mean, speaking of which, there was a slight space glitch this weekend. As you may know, there's no night or day in space. So Mission Control wakes up the astronauts every day with a song. And on Saturday, it was Pink Pony Club by Chapel Roan.

[Keanu Reeves]

We were all eagerly awaiting the chorus.

[Stephen Colbert]

Wow. I know he's in space. I mean. But that's gotta be a huge disappointment. I wonder if there's anything I can do to cheer them up. Nice catch. You guys are good. Guys are good. Now everybody's fine. But something else has gone wrong with the mission. Because more than halfway to the moon, the Artemis II astronauts grappled with a toilet problem. Luckily, the astronauts have trained extensively on NASA's broken toilet simulator, a Greyhound bus. Mission specialist Christina Koch has emerged as the head astronaut in charge of the head, as she explained to a reporter. I heard that there was a little bit of an issue with the toilet. Which one of you was the plumber? I'll take that one. I'm the Space Plumber. I'm proud to call myself the Space Plumber. Some people call her Space Plumber. Some people call her Maurice.

[Show Announcer/Producer]

Thank you.

[Stephen Colbert]

Apparently, the problem was caused by a frozen waste plug in the toilet pipeline, which the crew solved by rotating the spacecraft so sunlight could warm the Frozen pipe. Turns out the solution to their problem was to point it where the sun do shine. She's not just. Thank you. Thank you very much. Oh, some good news about the crew. Cook confirmed that they have been able to rest and sleep comfortably in their 16.5 foot wide Orion capsule which has a habitable volume roughly equivalent to a camper van, or as New Yorkers know it, gorgeous five bedroom, sun drenched apartment. Inquire about sink. We got a great show for you tonight.

[Show Announcer/Producer]

Coming up.

[Stephen Colbert]

Kilnaru News. Welcome back. You know, you know my first guest from films like Speed, the Matrix and John Wick. Please welcome back to the late show, Keanu Reeves.

[Show Announcer/Producer]

Hello, new york. It's new york.

[Keanu Reeves]

That's awesome.

[Stephen Colbert]

There you go.

[Show Announcer/Producer]

Good three.

[Stephen Colbert]

How nice. Good to see you again. You're looking well.

[Keanu Reeves]

Thank you, sir.

[Stephen Colbert]

Thank you for wearing something for the Easter season.

[Keanu Reeves]

Resurrection.

[Stephen Colbert]

There it is. There it is.

[Keanu Reeves]

Resurrection.

[Stephen Colbert]

His own shroud. Last time you were here, you were with your co star and your dear friend Alex Winter taking a break from your Broadway performances of Waiting for Gatto.

[Keanu Reeves]

Yes.

[Stephen Colbert]

And how many months? Four or five.

[Keanu Reeves]

That was 14 weeks.

[Stephen Colbert]

Fourteen weeks.

[Artemis 2 Astronaut]

Okay.

[Stephen Colbert]

Like eight a week? Something like that.

[Keanu Reeves]

Yeah, eight weeks a lot. Except for the holidays. Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

How did you. Have you decompressed from that yet? Because that's a very intense situation.

[Keanu Reeves]

Yeah, it is. I'm still in shock because it's not

[Stephen Colbert]

just any play for 14 weeks. No. Anything for Godot is pretty intense. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Keanu Reeves]

It's an amazing work and doing it was a dream of a lifetime. The reality of it was even more intense and remarkable and it's something that you're in and then it ends and it's what happened and now did that.

[Stephen Colbert]

Is it like grief and so like there's like confusion involved with. No.

[Keanu Reeves]

You don't even know. It's like I would imagine it's like if someone just cut off your arm.

[Stephen Colbert]

I'm glad you can only imagine that.

[Keanu Reeves]

Well, I mean in the sense of like, oh, my arm just got cut off.

[Stephen Colbert]

Now the pain that you're associating with it ending is because you caught the bug. Do you want to do it more? Do you want to do it again?

[Keanu Reeves]

I do, I do, I do.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah.

[Keanu Reeves]

Right play.

[Stephen Colbert]

The right what?

[Keanu Reeves]

The right play. It was the right play and the. But I would not say no to that.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah. Would you do Garo again?

[Keanu Reeves]

Yes. Oh, what am I saying? Yes.

[Stephen Colbert]

Because people are just booking tickets right now because you said that.

[Keanu Reeves]

Well, that's nice.

[Stephen Colbert]

We've done New York.

[Keanu Reeves]

Where would you go London, Japan. I wouldn't mind going to Japan. Japan, yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

Wow.

[Keanu Reeves]

Okay. Yeah. Like do the West End and then go to Tokyo.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah, the East End.

[Keanu Reeves]

Yes, the Far East End.

[Stephen Colbert]

Far East End. Okay. You have a new film coming out called Outcome, which looks fantastic this Friday.

[Keanu Reeves]

Thank you.

[Stephen Colbert]

Tell us a little bit about it and who you play, please.

[Keanu Reeves]

It's directed by Jonah Hill, who's also acting in it. Amazing.

[Stephen Colbert]

Fantastic.

[Keanu Reeves]

Amazing. And it was co written by Ezra woods, and I play a guy named Reef Hawk.

[Stephen Colbert]

Great name, great name.

[Keanu Reeves]

Reef Hawk. Yes.

[Stephen Colbert]

Almost as good as Keanu Reeves, but not quite Reef Hawk. Okay.

[Keanu Reeves]

Reef Hawk. Reef is an actor. He's a childhood actor.

[Stephen Colbert]

Okay.

[Keanu Reeves]

And he grew up and then he kind of went crazy. But he. When we meet him, he's five years sober. He thinks he's got his life together, and then he gets a call from his crisis lawyer, who's Jonah, and he's like, there's a videotape. And I'm like, what's on it? He goes, we don't know. What do you mean we don't know? We don't know. And so it's kind of like I'm kind of making amends, but I kind of. To my friends and I want to. But I want to find out who actually who's doing. Who's trying to extort me and having

[Stephen Colbert]

to take stock, I assume, of your behavior.

[Keanu Reeves]

Yeah, because I have a bit of a checkered past that was kind of, you know, protect. I was protected.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah.

[Keanu Reeves]

And then I have two. My two high school friends, Cameron Diaz and Matt Bomer.

[Show Announcer/Producer]

That's nice.

[Donald Trump]

You and Cameron.

[Stephen Colbert]

This is a bit of reunion here. The two of you are from 30 years ago in Feeling, Minnesota.

[Keanu Reeves]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

Was that a nice reunion?

[Keanu Reeves]

Yeah, it was very nice.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah.

[Keanu Reeves]

Very nice.

[Stephen Colbert]

Very nice. I've never met her. Is she now.

[Keanu Reeves]

Oh, my gosh, she's incredible.

[Stephen Colbert (as interviewer or quoting Trump)]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

Then why didn't she. Come on.

[Keanu Reeves]

Anyway, so the story is about, like, what's gonna happen. And it's a story of friendship, redemption, self learning, knowledge, and the importance of being honest. And Martin Scorsese's in it.

[Stephen Colbert]

Well, that's just it. I wanted to ask you is that you have a scene, you act opposite Scorsese. What is that like,

[Keanu Reeves]

it's better than getting your arm bitten off? No, it's amazing. It's amazing. It's like, I mean, obviously, you know, the legacy, the art.

[Stephen Colbert]

Sure.

[Keanu Reeves]

I've had a chance to meet with him over the years. He's just remarkable. And to act with him is extraordinary. You're just working with him and everything just feels really real and everything kind of disappears. He's playing my manager, like when I was a kid. And, you know, so he's very kind to me. So he's saying nice things, but, you know, it's. And you believe it. So it was nice.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yes.

[Keanu Reeves]

I mean, everyone's like, it's Martin Scorsese.

[Stephen Colbert]

I know.

[Keanu Reeves]

And, like, it's just. Everyone's like, it's Martin Scorsese.

[Stephen Colbert]

I know. It's not right there. Yeah, he's just walking by. Yeah, I interviewed him a couple times. Just sitting right there.

[Keanu Reeves]

Right.

[Stephen Colbert]

While he's answering the questions. I didn't hear a word he said.

[Keanu Reeves]

No, you just go, smart and. Smart as Scorsese.

[Stephen Colbert]

Smart and smart as Scorsese. Yeah, exactly.

[Keanu Reeves]

And he's saying amazing stuff.

[Stephen Colbert]

Exactly. And when the noise would stop coming out of him, I'd go, wow. He wouldn't even know that. He didn't know the damn thing he was saying.

[Keanu Reeves]

No, but you'd love it.

[Stephen Colbert]

Another one of your co stars. This is pretty exciting. We have a clip here with the one and only Susan Lucci, who co stars with you. Wonderful to see her. She looks fantastic. Can you tell us a little bit of what we're going to see a clip here? Do we need to know anything?

[Keanu Reeves]

Yeah, she's my mom and a bit of a stage mom. I have some. We have some issues. And she's doing a reality show, and she's invited me on the reality. Like, I wanted to apologize to her, but she said, that's great, honey. Can we do it on my show? And I think that's a problem. And so this is us doing. Saying hi to each other on her show, Yvonne. Her reality show. It's been so long, Mom.

[Stephen Colbert]

It has.

[Keanu Reeves]

I have a lot to apologize to you for. For starters, I was often very rude about you participating in this kind of entertainment. I'm sorry for.

[Donald Trump]

Sorry.

[Stephen Colbert]

Can we try that one more time, hon?

[Donald Trump]

The label wasn't cheating towards camera.

[Stephen Colbert]

She's so good.

[Keanu Reeves]

Yeah, she's so good.

[Stephen Colbert]

We have to take a quick break. We'll be right back with more Keanu Reeves, everybody.

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[Stephen Colbert]

That is the star of Outcome on Apple TV, starting this Friday, Mr. Keanu Reeves. Okay. So much like your character, Reef Hawk. Reef Hawk. Reef Hawk. You also have been performing since you were pretty young.

[Keanu Reeves]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

And I'm just curious, how old were you when you got the first, like, paycheck?

[Keanu Reeves]

From when I was a professional, yeah. 16, 17. In the fog of memory.

[Show Announcer/Producer]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

Was it, by any chance for a cereal commercial?

[Keanu Reeves]

Oh, we're doing that.

[Stephen Colbert]

I don't know if we're. I don't know if we're doing that, but I'm doing this.

[Show Announcer/Producer]

Well, I'm awake. Make no mistake. I want the best in my bowl. I want. Hello, sport lakes. Give me that quick. Give me that crisp face. Give me that crunchy J. Give me that crunchy. Give me that crunchy. Give me that keto. Hey. I want the best in my boy. I want. Yum. Cornflakes.

[Stephen Colbert]

Totally believable. You're really enjoying that cereal.

[Keanu Reeves]

Love the cereal.

[Stephen Colbert]

You love it, man. Bite and smile.

[Keanu Reeves]

I'm just like, wow. I mean, I like corn flakes, so.

[Stephen Colbert]

I like corn flakes, too. I can tell you love corn flakes. You can't fake that.

[Keanu Reeves]

That's the gig, man.

[Stephen Colbert]

Well, I love it. Listen, I was a young actor. Exciting to get a commercial, man.

[Keanu Reeves]

Yeah, No, I would actually. I mean, I don't know. Who cares? But I was just. I would never audition for something I didn't like.

[Stephen Colbert]

Oh, wow.

[Keanu Reeves]

Which is weird.

[Stephen Colbert]

So if they said, you know, like, corn flakes. Yes. Frosted flakes, actually, they're great.

[Keanu Reeves]

Sorry, sorry, sorry.

[Stephen Colbert]

Very good. Very good. Very good. You're very good. You just need the little bandana. You'll be all set as Tony the Tiger. Now, when you.

[Keanu Reeves]

What's up with the yellow eyes on that?

[Stephen Colbert]

What did he say?

[Keanu Reeves]

The yellow eyes of Tony of the tiger.

[Stephen Colbert]

Tony of the tiger has yellow eyes?

[Keanu Reeves]

Yeah. Look at the box, man.

[Stephen Colbert]

He has jaundice.

[Keanu Reeves]

He's like a junkie.

[Stephen Colbert]

Sharon Needles over at.

[Keanu Reeves]

Just looking towards Kellogg's. Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

All right. I didn't know that. We'll check that out. We'll get somebody on that. We'll get back to you. We'll get an explanation for that. When you aren't working, which always seems like you're working, you're like, the hardest working man all the time. You're the bassist of the band Dogstar. Here you are again, 30 years ago. There you go. Same guy. Same guy. 30 years since your first album. You got a new album and a tour coming out soon.

[Keanu Reeves]

Yeah, tell me about that. Yeah. Dog star, play electric bass. Album's called All In. Now the single's out, there's a video, it's kind of fun. And we start touring the States on August 1st. We start in Europe, June 11th in Dublin. Wow. Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

International tour.

[Keanu Reeves]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah.

[Show Announcer/Producer]

That's fantastic.

[Stephen Colbert]

Great talent. Great music talent.

[Keanu Reeves]

It's so good.

[Stephen Colbert]

That's great. I like being. How do you like being a rock star?

[Keanu Reeves]

I'm not a rock star.

[Stephen Colbert]

You're touring internationally with a rock band.

[Keanu Reeves]

Yeah, we're like a band, but they're not a rock star. I mean, there's rock star.

[Stephen Colbert]

I'm not a rock star. Like, Jack White's gonna come out here.

[Keanu Reeves]

He's a rock star.

[Stephen Colbert]

Well, he's more.

[Keanu Reeves]

He's more than just a rock star.

[Stephen Colbert (as interviewer or quoting Trump)]

Star.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yes. He's Jack White.

[Keanu Reeves]

He's a rock star.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah, exactly. Yeah, I think you're a rock star.

[Keanu Reeves]

I'm not a rock star. No, stop.

[Stephen Colbert]

Anyway, let's move on.

[Keanu Reeves]

But, but it's a lot of fun. You know, we, we, we, we. You know, we did it. We made a couple of albums. We broke up for like 20 years. Then we got together and at 23, we made another album. And this. So this is our second album in the second incarnation. So it's cool.

[Stephen Colbert]

What do you love about it?

[Keanu Reeves]

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