🚨 THE ROOM ERUPTED FOR COLBERT — BUT ONE SURPRISE GUEST LEFT VIEWERS DIVIDED 👀🎭

The final night of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert was supposed to feel like a celebration of television history.

And in many ways, it did.

Legendary talk show icon Dick Cavett made his first public appearance in years as he attended Stephen Colbert’s farewell afterparty in New York alongside wife Martha Rogers. The 89-year-old broadcaster, who suffered a stroke in 2020, arrived leaning on a walking frame but smiling warmly at fans outside the venue.

For longtime television viewers, the moment carried enormous emotional weight.

Cavett’s career stretched across decades of American culture, interviewing figures like Muhammad Ali, John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, and Lucille Ball on The Dick Cavett Show.

And fittingly, the night ended with another television icon.

Paul McCartney became Colbert’s final guest ever inside the historic Ed Sullivan Theater — the very same venue where The Beatles first electrified American television audiences in 1964.

But according to viewers online, one unexpected cameo completely changed the conversation.

Midway through the finale, Ryan Reynolds suddenly appeared during a celebrity audience bit — and social media immediately exploded.

Some fans laughed at the awkward exchange after Colbert jokingly told Reynolds:

“You’re not my last guest.”

Others, however, questioned why Reynolds appeared at all amid the ongoing public controversy surrounding legal tensions tied to Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.

Within minutes, frustrated reactions flooded social media:

“Why have Ryan Reynolds on his last show?”
“Ryan Reynolds??? WHAT???”
“Who thought this was a good idea?”

The backlash quickly became one of the most discussed moments of the finale online — overshadowing parts of what had otherwise been an emotional farewell.

Then came another twist.

Shortly after the episode ended, Donald Trump posted a harsh message attacking Colbert directly, calling him “no talent, no ratings, no life” in a Truth Social rant that immediately reignited political debate around late-night television.

By the end of the night, Colbert’s farewell had turned into something much larger than a normal TV finale.

A legendary broadcaster returning after years away.
A historic final guest.
Celebrity backlash online.
And a former president still reacting in real time.

For one final episode of late-night television, the spotlight never stopped moving. 👇