Sorry, Jason Bateman. Stephen Colbert jokes he got COVID-19 to avoid interview

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Stephen Colbert attends the thirty sixth PaleyFest occasion “An Night with Stephen Colbert” on the Dolby Theatre on March 16, 2019.
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There wasn’t a brand new episode of “The Late Present” on Thursday night time and there received’t be one for not less than one other week.

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9:20 p.m. April 22, 2022A earlier model of this story recognized Bateman’s podcast as “Shameless” as an alternative of “SmartLess.”

Host Stephen Colbert examined optimistic for coronavirus ensuing within the cancellation of Thursday’s episode and different new episodes till Could 2, in accordance with the late-night present’s Twitter account. Repeats will air as an alternative.

However it’s Colbert who had the final chuckle — on the expense of beloved actor Jason Bateman.

“Yep! I examined optimistic for Covid, however principally I’m feeling fine- grateful to be vaxxed and boosted. Thanks for the effectively needs,” he replied. “This simply proves that I'll do something to keep away from interviewing Jason Bateman.”

The “SmartLess” podcast host, who's doing the rounds for the fourth and last season of his Netflix sequence “Ozark,” is just not on Twitter and has not but responded to Colbert’s quip.

After a 15-month stretch and 211 remotely produced episodes, Colbert’s CBS speak present returned to his normal hang-out at New York’s Ed Sullivan Theater final June with an in-studio viewers of 400 individuals.

The Emmy winner’s current prognosis comes as coronavirus instances are rising once more in New York fueled by the extremely contagious Omicron subvariant BA.2. The state seems to be on the point of transferring from its low-risk stage to a medium-risk stage, the New York Occasions reported.

In California, instances are rising modestly in some elements of the state within the wake of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Competition, spring break and a bustling vacation season that features Easter, Ramadan and Passover.

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