( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY,
WE'RE BACK WITH OUR FRIEND CHARLIE ROSE.
HEY, CHARLIE, THERE'S BEEN BIG NEWS IN THE NEWS WORLD THIS WEEK
BECAUSE MEGYN KELLY HAS ANNOUNCED SHE'S LEAVING FOX NEWS
AND GOING OVER TO NBC.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT KIND OF CHANGE?
I MEAN, SHE SAID SHE KIND OF WANTS TO BE A LITTLE CHARLIE
ROSE.
SHE SAID SHE WANTS TO BE PART CHARLIE ROSE, PART OPRAH, AND
PART MEGYN KELLY.
WOULDN'T THAT BE A GOOD SHOW?
>> GOD HELP US.
>> Stephen: WHAT PART OF YOU DO YOU THINK SHE WANTS TO BE?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
THAT WAS MY QUESTION, TOO-- "WHAT PART AM I?"
I THINK SHE WOULD LIKE TO DO LONG-FORM THOUGHTFUL INTERVIEWS.
I THINK THAT'S PART OF ME.
I THINK OPRAH IS JUST A GENIUS AT WHAT SHE DOES.
AND I THINK MEGYN LIKES TO DO NEWS INTERVIEWS AS WELL, SHORT
NEWS INTERVIEWS AS SHE'S DOING.
I THINK SHE WAS READY TO MOVE.
THEY OFFERED HER A LOT OF MONEY AT FOX TO STAY.
THEY WANTED HER TO STAY.
IN SOME WAYS, WITH CHANGES OVER THERE SHE WOULD BE ONE OF THE
IMPORTANT PEOPLE AT FOX.
BUT SHE WANTED TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS.
SHE WANTED TO INTERVIEW BEYOND POLITICS.
SHE AND I HAD A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS-- SHE'S A FRIEND
OF MINE, BUT I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO HER ABOUT THIS DECISION.
SO SHE GOES OVER THERE, AND WE'LL SEE.
AS YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER, IT'S NOT A
PIECE OF CAKE.
>> Stephen: NO IT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE.
ESPECIALLY CABLE TO NETWORK IS A WHOLE NEW WORLD.
>> OH, YES!
SHE COULD BE CALLING STEPHEN SAYING, "STEPHEN..."
>> Stephen: CALL ME, MEGYN.
>> AND SAY -- >> ONE OF THE WAYS SHE COULD BE
LIKE CHARLIE ROSE IS HAVE AN INTERESTING TECHNOL.
YOU ALWAYS HAVE DEVICES ON YOU.
DO YOU HAVE ANY ON YOU RIGHT NOW?
>> I DON'T.
I CARRY TWO iPHONE 6.
ONE ON AT&T AND ONE ON VERIZON.
>> Stephen: DO YOU ENDORSE BOTH OF THEM?
WHY DO YOU HAVE TWO OF THEM?
>> I LIKE TO LOOK AT ONE WHILE TALKING ON THE OTHER.
I HAVE THE ECHO.
ALEXA, YOU SAY, "ALEXA, WHAT TIME IS IT?"
OR YOU SAY, "ALEXA, WHERE'S STEPHEN?"
AND SHE SAYS, "DO YOU MEAN STEPHEN COLBERT OF CBS?"
AND YOU SAY, "YEAH."
OR THEY MIGHT SAY, "WHAT ARE STEPHEN'S FAVORITE AYERSTS?
WHO ARE THEY?" >> Stephen: YOU HAVE TWO CELL
PHONES.
YOU COULD JUST CALL ME AND ASK ME THOSE THINGS, CHARLIE ROSE.
IT SOUNDS VERY LONELY FOR ONE OF THE MOST ELIGIBLE BACHELORS OF
2017, CHARLIE ROSE.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT, LONELY IS NOTHING I'VE EVER KNOWN.
>> Stephen: REALLY?
>> I THINK YOU CAN BE ALONE BUT NOT LONELY.
REALLY, WHEN I'M ALONE, I FIND IT A JOYFUL TIME.
YOU KNOW.
>> Stephen: WHEN I-- >> I REALLY DO.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME I'M ANXIOUS TO BE WITH PEOPLE, WITH FRIENDS,
AND SHARING EXPERIENCES.
>> Stephen: YOU DON'T ACTUALLY JUST "I NEED CHARLIE ROSE TIME."
>> I DO.
THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.
I DON'T MIND BEING ALONE.
>> Stephen: BUT YOU'RE NEVER LONELY.
>> NEVER LONELY.
>> Stephen: WOW.
>> THERE ARE SO MANY INTERESTING THINGS, I THINK, HAPPENING
AROUND US.
YOU'RE THE SAME WAY, RIGHT?
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: DON'T APPLAUD.
DON'T APPLAUD.
HE DOESN'T SPEAK FOR ME.
I'M A VERY LONELY PERSON.
>> ARE YOU REALLY?
>> Stephen: I DO GET LONELY SOMETIMES.
>> LONELY?
YOU MEAN YOU FEEL LIKE, WHAT?
DO YOU FEEL DEPRESSED?
ARE YOU SAD?
>> Stephen: NO, I'M NOT DEPRESSED.
AND I'M NOT SAD.
BUT I THINK TO BE A HUMAN BEING IS TO BE ALONE IF YOU-- I MEAN,
I HAVE AN AWARENESS OF MY INABILITY AT TIMES TO CONNECT
WITH OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE I CAN'T SAY EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN--
>> IN THE TV BUSINESS?
>> Stephen: EXACTLY.
YOU CAN'T DIRECTLY CONNECT.
THE INABILITY TO FULLY LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS A FORM OF
LONELINESS.
>> THE OF "THE INABILITY TO FULLY LOVE ANOTHER PERSON."
ARE YOU INCAPABLE OF FULLY LOVING ANOTHER PERSON?
>> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FULLY LOVE ANOTHER PERSON
BECAUSE THERE IS ALWAYS SOME PART OF ME THAT I'M NOT SHARING.
THERE IS ALWAYS SOME PART OF ME I DON'T KNOW HOW TO OPEN UP AND
GIVE IT TO ANOTHER PERSON.
EVEN-- >> EVEN YOUR FAMILY?
>> Stephen: EVEN MY FAMILY.
>> THERE ARE THINGS ABOUT YOU THAT THEY DON'T KNOW?
>> Stephen, OF COURSE.
THERE ARE THINGS ABOUT YOU THAT PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE DON'T KNOW.
SURELY, THERE ARE SOME SECRETS ABOUT CHARLIE ROSE THAT YOU
WOULD NOT SHARE WITH US RIGHT NOW.
>> WELL, THIS IS DIFFERENT, YOU RIGHT HERE.
THAT'S DIFFERENT.
>> Stephen: BUT YOU'RE SAYING--
>> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR FAMILY!
>> Stephen: STILL, DON'T YOU EXAMINE YOUR CONSCIENCE
PRIVATELY.
>> YOU'RE MUCH MORE RELIGIOUS THAN I AM.
EVEN THOUGH I MET THE POPE.
>> Stephen: YOU DID MEET THE POPE!
LOOK AT THIS!
LOOK AT THAT!
YOU MET THE POPE!
YOU'RE NOT EVEN CATHOLIC!
>> I'M NOT CATHOLIC!
>> Stephen: YOU MET THE POPE.
I AM CATHOLIC, AND I HAVEN'T MET THIS GUY.
WHEN DID YOU FIND OUT HE WANTED TO MEET YOU, CHARLIE?
>> WHEN I WENT OVER THERE TO A CONFERENCE.
>> Stephen: SO YOU WEREN'T THERE TO MEET THE POPE.
>> NO, NO, NO.
BUT I WENT OVER THERE AND DID A THING WITH THE POPE'S CHOIR.
IT'S VERY NICE.
THEY HAVEAVE WONDERFUL CHOIR.
WE DID IT FOR "60 MINUTES--" I DIDN'T SING.
I'M THE LAST PERSON YOU WANT TO HEAR SING.
THE SUCCESS, MOST ALL OF SINGER.
>> Stephen: NO?
>> IT'S SOMETHING I REGRET MOST ABOUT MY LIFE THAT I AM NOT A
GIFTED SINGER.
>> Stephen: DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL LONELY?
>> NO.
>> Stephen: CHARLIE, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
NEVER BE ALONE.
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