Dick Cavett makes first public appearance in six years as he attends 'Late Show' finale afterparty
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Dick Cavett made a public appearance on Thursday, May 21, after a break of six years as he went out to support Stephen Colbert after the end of his ‘The Late Show’.
The 89-year-old TV personality was last seen in 2020 during the screening of his documentary 'Ali & Cavett: The Tales of the Tapes’. He lived a private life after suffering a stroke that same year.
Dick Cavett goes to Stephen Colbert’s afterparty with wife Martha Rogers
However, for Colbert’s final show afterparty in New York City, Cavett gave a smart vibe in a tuxedo. He was joined by his wife, Martha Rogers, 71, who stunned in a frilly green gown.
The iconic talk show host, whose ‘The Dick Cavett Show’ ran from 1968 to 1986, spoke with Nebraska Free Press last year.
At the time, he shared, “I don’t feel permanently dramatically scarred or wounded by it. A lot of people cannot say that. A stroke is a wicked, wicked thing.”
Stephen Colbert’s afterparty was attended by Gayle King and Anderson Cooper
Meanwhile, Cavett was not the only one to bid farewell to Colbert’s talk show. Katie Couric, John Oliver, Gayle King, Anderson Cooper, Paul McCartney, and Mark Hamill were also present at the afterparty.
Earlier, McCartney even appeared as the 62-year-old comedian’s last guest for the finale episode.
The former Beatles member also sang ‘Hello Goodbye’ with the host before turning out the lights at the Ed Sullivan Theater, where 'The Late Show' has been filmed for more than a decade.
Paul McCartney first visited Ed Sullivan Theater in the 1960s
The theatre holds a special place for McCartney too since he and the other Beatles’ first American TV debut was filmed there in 1964 for ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’.
The singer described his first experience there, saying, “We’d never been to America; we came here, and people said this is the biggest show. To tell the truth, we’d never heard of it. You know, England.”
But he also added that the visit was “fantastic… You had to go a few floors down to get makeup… We went down there and the girls put makeup on us and it was, like, bright orange.”
Stephen Colbert calls his late show the 'joy machine'
Besides, the May 21 episode saw Colbert telling his audience that the “show, I want you to know, has been a joy for us to do for you. In fact, we call this show the 'Joy Machine.’”
“But the thing is, if you choose to do it with joy, it doesn't hurt as much when your fingers get caught in the gears. And I cannot adequately explain to you what the people who work here have done for each other and how much we mean to each other,” he added.
