Kenan Thompson to Jerry Seinfeld: 'You owe [Stephen Colbert] an apology'

The "Good Burger 2" actor says Seinfeld wasn't fair to Colbert on "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee."

Kenan Thompson directly addressed Jerry Seinfeld during the Good Burger 2 actor's first The Late Show With Stephen Colbert appearance on Monday.

Saturday Night Live's longest-serving cast member offered some respect to Stephen Colbert during his interview, saying he researched the host before arriving. He showed off his knowledge by sharing Colbert's nickname and doing an impression of Late Show bandleader Louis Cato. He also watched Colbert's appearance on Seinfeld's Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.

“There was a moment that bothered me because he was like, his show was much less stressful than your show [for guests],” Thompson joked. “And to me, it diminished your dedication, sir, because I know this job is hard. I think Mr. Seinfeld owes you an apology.”

After setting up the need for an apology, Thompson looked straight into the camera to address Seinfeld. "Can I talk directly to him?" he asked. "What's up, Jerry? Do you know who this man is? This is Steven Tyrone Colbert. This man has 17 brothers. Do you know what that’s like? He went to Northwestern University. That’s like the Syracuse of Chicago, you know what I’m saying? He worked his way up through the business. He made Jon Stewart's pants every night. Still makes his own clothes... And now the shoes of David Letterman, and he’s been doing it steadily for years. The man lost his entire stomach and buttocks, and he’s still here! I think you owe him an apology. That’s all I wanted to say.”

The good-natured remark referenced Colbert's 2015 appearance on Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, the same year Colbert stepped into David Letterman's shoes to take over The Late Show. Seinfeld spent some of the show ribbing Colbert, also in a good-natured way. "This is actually very relaxing," Colbert said while sipping coffee with the Seinfeld star.

“Exactly. When I come on your show, I’m going to do a stand-up set," Seinfeld responded. "You know how long it’s going to take me to put that together? So you cannot compare the pain in the ass of doing your show to the joy and pleasure of doing mine.”

Seinfeld's show started on Crackle in 2012 before moving to Netflix in 2018. The host drove guests around in his vintage cars and got coffee with them in a very loose format that simply had the two comedians talking for the length of the episode.

In Thompson's faux diatribe, he also made reference to Colbert losing his "stomach and buttocks," which was presumably a nod to Colbert's recent absence from The Late Show after he had to have his appendix removed. On his return to the desk last week, Colbert went into great detail about the entire harrowing episode, during which he did not know he had an appendicitis, and filmed two episodes of The Late Show in excruciating pain.

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