What happened to Amy Cole? Stephen Colbert gets emotional remembering his deceased ‘The Late Show’ colleague at Emmys

At the 2025 Emmy Awards, Stephen Colbert’s ‘The Late Show’ won Outstanding Talk Series, prompting an emotional tribute to Amy Cole, Colbert’s longtime assistant who passed away in March 2024 after battling cancer. Cole, who worked with Colbert for 16 years, was honored both on ‘The Late Show’ and during the Creative Arts Emmy Awards’ ‘In Memoriam’ segment.