>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME OMARI HARDWICK!
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) ♪
>> Stephen: WELCOME.
THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU HAVE BEEN ON A LATE
NIGHT SHOW EVER, RIGHT?
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, STEPHEN TYRONE -- FOR ALL OF YOU WHO
DIDN'T KNOW HIS MIDDLE NAME WAS SO BLACK -- STEPHEN TYRONE
COLBERT IS POPPING MY CHERRY.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) LATE NIGHT TELEVISION.
(LAUGHTER) YEAH, RIGHT?
YEAH.
DID WE JUST GO OLYMPICS THERE?
DID WE JUST GO POLE VAULT?
>> Stephen: WIN I THINK WE JUST DID.
IT'S AN HONOR.
OMARI HARDWICK, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
ANY RELATION TO CHRIS HARDWICK?
>> WAY BACK.
>> Stephen: CONGRATULATIONS ON "POWER" ON STARZ, YOU GUYS JUST
GOT PICKED UP FOR YOUR FOURTH AND FIFTH SEASON.
>> YEAH, THEY DID A DOUBLE WHAMMY.
>> Stephen: YEAH, GOOD FOR YOU.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE A BUSY GUY SHOOTING THAT.
HOW HAS YOUR SUMMER BEEN SO FAR?
I KNOW YOU'RE AN ATHLETE.
YOU PLAYED FOOTBALL IN GEORGIA, RIGHT?
>> I DID.
I'M FROM THE SOUTH.
>> Stephen: WHERE.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
>> Stephen: I'VE HEARD OF IT.
I PLAYED SOME BALL.
I DOVE INTO THE OLYMPICS THIS YEAR.
I THOUGHT IT WAS AWESOME.
MANY ATHLETES DIDN'T GO TO RIO BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS SOME OF THE
BEST OLYMPICS WE'VE HAD, MAN.
>> Stephen: AMERICA KICKED A LITTLE ASS.
KICKED A LITTLE ASS.
(APPLAUSE) AS SOMEBODY WHO WAS A SERIOUS
ATHLETE, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE SHOW BOATING OF USAIN BOLT?
DO YOU THINK THAT'S ARROGANT OR DO YOU THINK THAT'S GOOD FOR
SPORTS?
>> HE RUNS WITH THE JOY OF AN 8-YEAR-OLD.
HE'S LIKE ROBIN WILLIAMS, REST IN PEACE, ACTING.
HE'S FOUND THE CHILD IN HEART AND HE RUNS AND HAS FUN AND
DANCES RIGHT BEFORE THEY SHOOT THE GUN OFF AND I THINK IT'S
AWESOME.
I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLE WHAT HE DOES.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) >> Stephen: HE'S A REAL
PERFORMER: YOU PLAYED FOR GEORGIA AND ALMOST FOR THE
N.F.L., RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: IS THERE A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BEING A
GOOD ATHLETE AND ACTOR?
>> SURE, BECAUSE HOW MANY OF US HAVE BEEN TO A GAME WHERE E.R.
BORED OUT OF OUR MINDS.
THERE ARE OTHERS THAT ARE EXCITING.
>> Stephen: ONE IS BASEBALL, ONE IS FOOTBALL.
>> THERE YOU GO.
(LAUGHTER) WE STILL ROOTED FOR DENNIS
RODMAN EVEN DURING THOSE MOMENTS WHEN HE PUT ON A WEDDING DRESS.
>> Stephen: IT'S ABOUT HIS JOURNEY.
>> IT IS, IT'S ABOUT JOURNEY.
THE BAND SHOULD HAVE -- >> Stephen: NO, NO, THEY'RE
GOOD.
(LAUGHTER) >> THEY ARE GOOD.
>> Stephen: IT'S A UNION THING.
THEY'RE ON BREAK RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE GOT TO BE ON BREAK RIGHT NOW.
YOU MENTOR SOME ATHLETES, DON'T YOU?
>> I DO.
OR IN PART -- I IMPART WHATEVER THERE IS TO IMPART.
>> Stephen: OKAY, WHO?
O THERE IS TWO OLYMPIC ATHLETES, CARRY IRVIN AND
DRAMOND GREEN.
>> Stephen: HOW DID YOU ADVISE THEM?
>> IT WAS TOUGH.
MY TEXT MESSAGES WERE DEFINITELY BY POLAR.
>> Stephen: DID YOU GIVE DRAMOND GREEN ADVICE ON STOP
HITTING PEOPLE IN THE GROIN DURING GAMES?
>> I DIDN'T -- >> Stephen: YOU DIDN'T THINK
HE WAS?
HE WAS WORKING THEM LIKE A SPEED BAG.
>> REALLY.
>> Stephen: YES.
WE NEED TO PLAY THAT BACK.
>> Stephen: DON'T NEED TO.
ASK THE PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL IN THE HOSPITAL.
>> AND LeBRON STEPPED OVER HIM.
HE'S A LITTLE TESTY.
>> Stephen: TESTY'S THE RIGHT WORD.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR SHOW.
>> WE HAVE A GREAT PRODUCE AROUND TEAM OF STARS.
THEY CREATED A SHOW WHERE A MAN CAME FROM SOUTH SIDE JA JAMAICA
QUEENS, AND AFTER HAVING DEALT DRUGS THROUGH THE GREATER PART
OF NEW YORK CITY, HE'S TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FLY STRAIGHT.
HE'S OPPOSITE OF WALTER WHITE, HE'S BREAKING GOOD FROM BEING
BAD AND THE CHARACTERS THAT ORBIT AROUND HIM.
>> Announcer: IT'S A GREAT SHOW.
NEW YORK CITY PLAYS THE BACKDROP FOR THE SHOW.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) >> Stephen: WELL,
CONGRATULATIONS.
CONGRATULATIONONS THE SHOW.
ALL SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE.
LOVELY TO MEET YOU.
>> LOVELY TO MEET YOU BACK, MAN.
>> STEPHEN: "POWER" AIRS SUNDAY NIGHTS ON STARZ.
OMARI HARDWICK, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.