MY NEXT GUEST IS A FIVE-TIME
N.B.A. CHAMPION, HALL OF FAMER
FAMER AND POSSIBLY ALL THAT
STANDS BETWEEN US AND
THERMONUCLEAR WAR WITH NORTH
KOREA.
PLEASE WELCOME DENNIS RODMAN.
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( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: GOOD EVENING.
>> GOOD EVENING.
>> Stephen: AND WELCOME TO
"THE LATE SHOW."
>> IT'S ALL GOOD, BABY.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
YOU LIKE THIS?
YOU LIKE THIS?
>> Stephen: I'M DRINKING IT
IN.
WHAT IS POTCOIN?
>> IT'S A-- I CAN'T EVEN SAY IT.
THE CURRENCY.
IT'S OUT OF MONTREAL.
>> Stephen: A CRYPTO CURRENCY,
LIKE BITCOIN?
>> SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> Stephen: YOU USE IT TO BUY
POT?
>> IT'S UP TO YOU.
IT'S UP TO YOU.
>> Stephen: IT'S NOT CALLED
"UP TO YOU COIN."
IT'S CALLED POT COIN.
>> IT'S LEGALIZED MARIJUANA,
MEDICAL-WISE.
>> Stephen: OKAY, YEAH,
BECAUSE IT'S LEGAL IN 26 STATES
NOW.
YOU CAN JUST USE REGULAR COIN
FOR POT MOSTLY.
NOW, YOU'VE GOT-- CAN PEOPLE SEE
ON THE SHIRT.
IT'S A GOOD INTRO TO WHAT WE
WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
YOU HAVE A PICTURE WITH YOU IN
THE MIDDLE WITH DONALD TRUMP-- A
SHOT OF THIS, PLEASE-- YOU IN
THE MIDDLE WITH DONALD TRUMP ON
ONE SIDE, AND KIM JONG-UN ON THE
OTHER THAT SAYS, "UNITE."
YOU MUST BE HIGH.
( LAUGHTER )
WHAT IS-- WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>> GOOD ONE.
>> Stephen: WHAT DOES THAT
MEAN?
BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN OVER TO
NORTH KOREA.
FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW,
YOU'VE BEEN OVER THERE FIVE
TIMES SINCE 2013.
THREE MEETINGS WITH KIM JONG-UN.
WHY DO YOU GO?
>> WELL, FOR SOME REASON, HE
LIKES ME.
I'M BEING HONEST.
HE LIKES ME.
AND I THINK THE FACT THAT PEOPLE
DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND IF YOU
ACTUALLY GO OVER THERE AND MEET
HIM, OBVIOUSLY, YOU DON'T SEE
HIM TALK ON TV.
BUT FOR SOME REASON, HE TRUSTS
ME.
AND WHEN I WENT OVER THERE, THE
FIRST THING HE SAID TO ME, HE
SAID, MR. RODMAN WE JUST WANT TO
KNOW, CAN WE TRUST YOU?"
I SAID, "ABSOLUTELY."
AND THAT'S HOW OUR CONSERVATION
STARTED.
>> Stephen: WOW.
AND WHY YDO YOU THINK HE
BELIEVED YOU, BECAUSE I WOULD
SAY THE SAME THING?
"MR. COLBERT," CAN WE TRUST
YOU?"
"ABSOLUTELY."
AND THEN I'D START RECORDING
THEIR NUCLEAR SITES.
>> IT'S ALL GOOD.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE NEED TO
BE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT I
DON'T KNOW OF ANYONE IN THE
WORLD THAT WOULD ACTUALLY TRY TO
KILL ANYONE ON THIS PLANET.
I DON'T GET THAT.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T CARE --
>> Stephen: BUT HE HAS.
>> I'M JUST SAYING A LOT OF
PEOPLE HAVE AROUND THE WORLD.
I'M SAYING I'M NOT PROTECTING
HIM.
AND PEOPLE THINK THAT I SIT
THERE AND SAY, "HEY, HE'S MY
BEST FRIEND."
THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
HE JUST TREATS ME AS A FRIEND.
>> Stephen: THIS IS ONE OF
YOUR TRIPS OVER THERE.
DO YOU REMEMBER THIS ONE THIS
WAS, WHICH TRIP THIS WAS?
>> THAT'S PROBABLY THE SECOND
ONE.
>> Stephen: SECOND TRIP.
HERE YOU ARE WITH KIM JONG-UN AT
A--
>> LOOK HOW DRESSY RIGHT.
>> Stephen: YOU WORE YOUR
FORMAL VEST.
>> RIGHT.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: IT WAS WARM OVER
THERE.
NOW WHAT, ARE YOU GUYS TALKING
ABOUT HERE?
DOES HE SPEAK ENGLISH?
DO YOU SPEAK KOREAN?
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE HAVING A
CONVERSATION HERE.
WHAT DO YOU TALK ABOUT WITH-- I
DON'T MEAN THIS INSULTINGLY-- A
MAD MAN MURDEROUS DICTATOR?"
>> ACTUALLY, WE TALK ABOUT
BASKETBALL.
>> Stephen: OH, OKAY.
DID HE EVER PLAY?
>> IN SWITZERLAND HE DID.
>> Stephen: IN SWITZERLAND.
>> HE WENT TO SCHOOL THERE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S A GREAT
COUNTRY FOR--
>> THEE WENT TO SCHOOL OVER
THERE.
I'M SAYING PEOPLE LIKE THAT--
YOU KNOW, I DON'T REALLY JUDGE
PEOPLE BY THEIR COLOR, I DON'T
JUDGE WHERE THEY COME FROM,
STUFF LIKE THAT.
I JUDGE PEOPLE WHERE-- YOU KNOW,
WE'RE ALL HUMAN BEINGS.
THROUGHOUT THE DAY, WE'RE ALL
HUMAN BEINGS.
AND IT'S FUNNY, THOUGH, THAT I
DON'T SEE HOW PEOPLE CAN SIT
THERE AND SAY THIS PERSON IS A
MAD MAN.
HE PROBABLY IS.
BUT I DIDN'T SEE THAT.
HE PROBABLY IS.
I'M JUST SAYING --
>> Stephen: REPORTS ARE HE
MURDERED HIS UNCLE AND FED HIM
TO DOGS.
>> HE DID?
>> Stephen: YEAH.
>> WELL, IF YOU SEE THE VIDEO IN
THE BASKETBALL GAME, AND YOU
ACTUALLY SEE HIS UNCLE STANDING
RIGHT BEHIND-- RIGHT BEHIND THE
BENCH.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
SO HIS UNCLE IS FINE?
>> HIS UNCLE IS FINE.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
MAYBE HE HAS MORE THAN ONE
UNCLE.
MAYBE THAT'S A SPARE UNCLE RIGHT
THERE.
>> EITHER WAY.
>> Stephen: HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO
KIM JONG-UN ABOUT HIS NUCLEAR
PROGRAM AT ALL?
HAVE YOU SAID, "PLEASE DON'T
START A NUCLEAR WAR?"
>> HE ASKED-- HE HAS SPOKEN TO
ME LAST TIME I WAS THERE A
COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
HE SAID-- HE SAID, "I DON'T WANT
WAR."
THESE ARE TRUE WORDS.
"I DON'T WANT WAR."
I WOULD TAKE YOU OVER THERE AND
LET YOU LISTEN TO HIM THE WAY HE
TALKS.
HE'S MORE OF A KID, THAN
ANYTHING.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
>> I THINK HIS GRANDFATHER,
FATHER, THAT REGIME HAS PASSED
DOWN TO HIM.
AND I THINK HE REALLY WANTS TO
CHANGE HIS CULTURE BUT I THINK
HE'S FORCED TO BE IN THIS
POSITION BECAUSE EVERY TIME I GO
OVER THERE, HE'S CHANGED SO MUCH
FOR THE PEOPLE.
THE PEOPLE DON'T SEE THAT.
>> Stephen: AND HE'S A KID,
BUT HE'S A KID WITH NUCLEAR
WEAPONS.
>> WELL, HEY.
>> Stephen: A TOUGH
COMBINATION.
>> I KNOW, THAT RIGHT.
>> Stephen: HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO
HIM ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS?
DO YOU FEEL YOU'RE CLOSE ENOUGH
TO HIM TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT
HUMAN RIGHTS?
>> WELL, I'M CLOSE ENOUGH TO HIM
TO THE FACT THAT HE CAN DISCUSS
ANYTHING WITH ME.
THE DEAL, IS I DON'T DISCUSS
POLITICS BECAUSE THAT'S NOT MY
JOB.
MY JOB IS TO BE A HUMAN BEING,
TO TRY TO CONNECT US WITH HIM
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO
SIT THERE AND LOOK AT ME AND
SAY, "OKAY,UN WHAT?
YOU BETRAYED AMERICA."
NO, I DIDN'T.
I WENT OVER THERE TO TRY TO
SOLVE THINGS, TO TRY TO OPEN THE
DOOR SO WE CAN HAVE SOME
COMMUNICATION.
LIKE I SAID, YOU DON'T HAVE TO
LIKE SOMEBODY TO BE AROUND THEM.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOVE SOMEBODY
TO LIKE THEM.
IT'S LIKE PLAYING SPORTS.
WHEN I WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP, YOU
DON'T HAVE TO LOVE THEM OR LIKE
THEM TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP.
BUT I HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU,
THOUGH.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S THAT.
>> I BROUGHT SOMETHING I HAVE
FOR YOU.
MAN, IT'S TIGHT RIGHT HERE.
THANK YOU, PRESILLA.
SO HERE YOU GO.
THIS IS GOING TO BE FUNNY, GUYS.
( LAUGHTER )
IT'S GOING TO BE FUNNY.
I'M GOING TO SEE IF HE'LL WEAR
IT.
( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: OKAY.
AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT ME-- YOU'VE
GOT ME OVER HERE, YOU'VE GOT ME
ON THIS SIDE.
AND I WILL SAY AGAIN--
( APPLAUSE )
I WILL SAY ONE MORE TIME YOU
MUST BE HIGH.
WELL, DENNIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BEING HERE.
>> ALL RIGHT, BROTHER.
>> Stephen: GOOD LUCK.
STAY SAFE.
>> Stephen: DENNIS RODMAN,
EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A
PERFORMANCE BY JEEZY.
