{"id":242700,"date":"2026-01-13T18:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/242700\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T18:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:33:09","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-jokes-with-stephen-colbert-about-what-happens-when-they-die-i-dont-know-where-im-headed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/242700\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel Jokes with Stephen Colbert About What Happens When They Die: &#8216;I Don&#8217;t Know Where I&#8217;m Headed&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jimmy Kimmel answered a handful of rapid-fire questions on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Monday, Jan. 12<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kimmel took &#8220;The Colbert Questionert,&#8221; revealing what he thinks happens when one dies<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kimmel previously appeared on Colbert&#8217;s show in September 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/jimmy-kimmel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jimmy Kimmel;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/stephen-colbert\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Stephen Colbert;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Stephen Colbert<\/a> are together once again. And this time, Colbert is asking the hard questions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kimmel, 58, appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in an interview that aired on Monday, Jan. 12, and Colbert asked his fellow late night host a series of questions, including about what comes next in life. &#8220;What do you think happens when we die,&#8221; Colbert, 61, asked during his &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/cbOG6VlujWc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Colbert Questionert;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Colbert Questionert<\/a>&#8221; segment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The two of us? You&#8217;re going to heaven,&#8221; Kimmel joked. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know where I&#8217;m headed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After Kimmel&#8217;s quip, he confirmed that the topic is &#8220;something that I have thought about.&#8221; He added, &#8220;And you know, we&#8217;re both Catholic. But I feel like there&#8217;s a positive energy field that you become part of. That&#8217;s what I think it is. We&#8217;ll find out eventually.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE&#039;s free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Randy Holmes\/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty\u00a0 Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' on Sept. 14, 2025\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/9eb019d0e528f0f5055109526323c4c2.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Randy Holmes\/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty <\/p>\n<p> Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel on &#8216;Jimmy Kimmel Live!&#8217; on Sept. 14, 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The Colbert Questionert&#8221; also gave Kimmel a chance to weigh in on some other big topics during their one-on-one interview: sandwiches, action movies, celebrity encounters and even Kimmel&#8217;s first-ever concert. &#8220;My first concert, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/sammy-davis-jr-turns-100-friends-tell-all-exclusive-11864387\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sammy Davis Jr.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Sammy Davis Jr.<\/a>,&#8221; Kimmel told Colbert of the Las Vegas performance, sharing that late friend <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/who-was-cleto-escobedo-jimmy-kimmel-best-friend-11847734\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cleto Escobedo;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Cleto Escobedo<\/a>&#8216;s father was the singer&#8217;s &#8220;room service butler.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;He got tickets to see the show. Not only did we see Sammy Davis Jr., we went and hung out in his dressing room afterwards,&#8221; Kimmel recalled. &#8220;I was sitting on Sammy&#8217;s couch and there was a big bowl of potato chips and I was too polite to eat any of them. I was scared, I didn&#8217;t know if it was okay to eat his potato chips even though I wanted them very much. And it was a fantastic concert.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Colbert previously welcomed Kimmel to his show on Sept. 30, 2025. Colbert <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/jimmy-kimmel-stephen-colbert-guests-on-one-anothers-shows-joke-about-driving-president-trump-nuts-11822061\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:also appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live!;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">also appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/a> the same day. The joint appearances came shortly after Kimmel&#8217;s show <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/jimmy-kimmel-breaks-silence-on-abc-indefinitely-pulling-his-show-emotional-monologue-11812442\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:returned to television;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">returned to television<\/a>\u00a0following\u00a0his show&#8217;s hiatus on ABC and two months after Colbert announced that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert-canceled-10-seasons-11774758\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Late Show with Stephen Colbert;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/a>\u00a0is coming to an end on CBS.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Randy Holmes\/Disney via Getty Jimmy Kimmel on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' on Sept. 23, 2025\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dcdf65491a8b619c2af967ebd305510c.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Randy Holmes\/Disney via Getty<\/p>\n<p> Jimmy Kimmel on &#8216;Jimmy Kimmel Live!&#8217; on Sept. 23, 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Sept. 17, Kimmel\u2019s talk show was &#8220;indefinitely&#8221; pulled from the air amid comments he made about <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/charlie-kirk-what-to-know-11807589\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Charlie Kirk\u2019s;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Charlie Kirk\u2019s<\/a> death in his opening monologue on Sept. 15. Colbert \u2014\u00a0whose show was <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert-canceled-10-seasons-11774758\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:canceled in July after 10 seasons;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">canceled in July after 10 seasons<\/a> \u2014 was among many public figures who spoke out against Kimmel\u2019s suspension.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/stephen-colbert-reacts-to-abc-indefinitely-pulling-jimmy-kimmel-live-11812449\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:During a Q&amp;A;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">During a Q&amp;A<\/a> on Sept. 18, he slammed the move for being an example of \u201cblatant censorship,\u201d per the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/18\/media\/stephen-colbert-declares-tonight-we-are-all-jimmy-kimmel-in-solemn-show-dedicated-to-canned-late-night-host\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New York Post;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">New York Post<\/a>. \u201cWith an autocrat, you cannot give an inch,\u201d Colbert also said, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/09\/18\/jimmy-kimmel-kirk-colbert-letterman-trump.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:CNBC;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">CNBC<\/a>. \u201cJimmy, I stand with you and your staff 100%.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Then, while hosting The Late Show on Sept. 24, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/stephen-colbert-proud-jimmy-kimmel-emotional-monologue-following-return-11816847\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Colbert declared;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Colbert declared<\/a> that he was &#8220;in a good mood\u201d because of Kimmel\u2019s return, per a clip shared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPAQjnQkceu\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a>, which had the words &#8220;Free speech prevails&#8221; written over it at the start.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Last night our friend Jimmy Kimmel returned to television, just so proud of him! So proud to know that man,&#8221; Colbert told viewers, adding, &#8220;Jimmy spoke beautifully about free speech and unity, he made great jokes, showed his deep emotions, got huge ratings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Randy Holmes\/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty\u00a0 Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' on Sept. 14, 2025\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/14b81722170cd4f394c96062e47c1e27.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Randy Holmes\/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty <\/p>\n<p> Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert on &#8216;Jimmy Kimmel Live!&#8217; on Sept. 14, 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In the months since, Colbert has continued to be a vocal opponent of Donald Trump, revealing at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSa7m2kk8UB\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Slate&#039;s Political Gabfest;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Slate&#8217;s Political Gabfest<\/a> on Dec. 18 that he&#8217;d switch into the president&#8217;s body if given the option. &#8220;I mean, it\u2019s such a predictable answer for me. But I would slip inside the skin of our president,&#8221; he said, adding &#8220;I would resign.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI&#8217;ve anticipated this. No scandal, no confession, no Sturm und Drang,&#8221; Colbert continued. &#8220;Just go, \u2018It\u2019s been great. I\u2019m the best, ever. I\u2019m gonna go out on top. I\u2019ve done everything. I\u2019m just gonna go.\u2019 That\u2019s it. It can be a glorious ending, just end it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Late Show with Stephen Colbert\u00a0airs weekdays on CBS at 11:35 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/jimmy-kimmel-jokes-stephen-colbert-what-happens-when-they-die-11819792\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW Jimmy Kimmel answered a handful of rapid-fire questions on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242701,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[122715,93,61,60,3484,1138,282],"class_list":{"0":"post-242700","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-colbert-questionert","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-jimmy-kimmel","13":"tag-stephen-colbert","14":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}