California Governor Gavin Newsom is expected to be a guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Tuesday night, according to the show’s Instagram story.
The Late Show is an American late-night news talk show hosted by actor and comedian Stephen Colbert. It premiered on Sept. 8, 2015.
It is unclear what topics will be discussed, but the feature comes one day after Disney announced it was bringing back the ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ show after it was pulled from the air for comments Kimmel made about the assassination of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Kirk, 31, was shot and killed on Sept. 10 during a speaking engagement at Utah Valley University in Utah. Kirk is the founder of the non-profit organization, Turning Point USA, and a close ally of President Donald Trump. He played an influential role in rallying young Republican voters.
In Kirk’s Sept. 15 monologue, which followed Kirk’s death, Kimmel said, “We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them, and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”
Kimmel also criticized how President Donald Trump grieved Kirk’s death. Subsequently, his show was removed from Disney, Sinclair and Nexstar airways on Sept. 17. Nexstar is the parent company of FOX40. Stephen Colbert was vocal about disagreeing with the network’s decision.
After a week-long suspension, Jimmy Kimmel is set to return to late-night television Tuesday.
“Our long, national late-nightmare is over,” Colbert said after the news broke on Sept. 22.
Newsom also condemned Kimmel’s suspension, but celebrated his return.
“This is a win for free speech everywhere,” Newsom said.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert airs weekday nights at 11:30 p.m. on CBS.
