JGL Reacts To Footage Of Uber Co-Founder Travis Kalanick Being Heckled At The Late Show

Joseph Gordon-Levitt stops by to tell Stephen about his role in the new Showtime anthology series, "Super Pumped: The Battle For Uber," where he plays controversial Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick. Stick around for more from Stephen's interview with the incredible Joseph Gordon-Levitt! #Colbert #SuperPumped #JosephGordonLevitt
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[@juliaconnell]

wow - every time I think I can't respect Stephen any more he does something like this - the way he dealt with that situation in 2015, respectfully *LISTENING* to the guy in the audience - dealing with that situation respectfully to both the guy who had legit grievances AND his guest - (breaking the tension with humour - and asking that question) - AND *not* showing that (until now) (which he could easily have done) - really well handled, at the time, and now - *respect* Stephen, *respect*

[@rob.scalioni]

That’s f*ing classy

[@waryaawariiri1812]

It was also in early days of show, too. Probably his second week of his show since he launched it in September, 2015. So there was no way he would show that. If it happened today, it is 50/50 of showing it because he is pretty much an established person now.

[@karlkettner4954]

He is a classy man.

[@BenefitOfTheDoubtInquiry]

It made me tear up! Stephen! ♥️

[@stphns1737]

Couldn't agree more.

[@Mary_Jacobs]

The way Colbert dealt with that audience member, who had a legit point despite his method, is why he is the only celebrity I would ever actually like to invite as a dinner guest, or sit and have a conversation with. Brilliant.

[@meganh7526]

I think his method was fine. This was one of the few ways an ordinary person could actually talk directly to a very wealthy, powerful businessperson and not have that person be protected by layers of PR people, yes men, and security. Clearly it didn’t change the trajectory of Uber’s success - they continue to do well despite routinely screwing every person they’re middleman-ing for (drivers, customers, restaurants) - but I hope that people who saw it, and are seeing it for first time now, at least considered how patronizing their business model really is bad for everyone but Uber.

[@rohannaval1621]

conan?

[@megan893]

It's so nice to see celebrities doing their rounds on the late shows in person, and all dressed up again ❤️

[@germx1488]

I am so mad we never got a Robin movie with him.

[@rwmorey71]

YES! The end of The Dark Knight Rises when we find out his real name was such a tease for a Robin spinoff. I was so psyched for that movie.

[@KatySueWho]

Ditto! DC really needed to follow that thread. Instead they keep making different Jokers, & of course they did the Ben Affleck Batman, which was just 🤦🏻‍♀️. I’m hopeful for this new Robert Pattinson Batman, though.

[@germx1488]

@@KatySueWho here here

[@germx1488]

@@rwmorey71 same i thought for sure they could see the natural progression after the dark knight success

[@Yasumi_Hoshikawa]

yesss what a waste of the best character build-up and reveal

[@ShamanElementalLord]

Stephen is just pure class honestly, how he handled that guy, how he de-escalated that, and how he conducted himself. Nothing more to add. pure respect for him!

[@randomvideotosee]

Hi intern at CBS!

[@randomvideotosee]

If you don’t think that heckler is in on the show, you don’t really pay attention to the details much.

[@Zennofobic]

he shoulda slapped the guy

[@JZanow33]

JGL kills it in this role. The show is amazing and I can't wait until the next episode each week!

[@lawrenceleske3470]

Some laws are meant to be broken. I live in Las Vegas, and before Uber/Lyft everytime I tried to get a cab (and wasn't at a resort or the Airport), I was quoted 2 to 3 hours to get to me, and even when I waited (I had to or walk) they did not arrive. The longest I've waited for Lyft has been 10 minutes.

[@NR-gp2il]

The taxi monopoly was worse than uber like you said

[@tomstreet2859]

I have little sympathy for the taxi monopoly...but the Uber founder was against his own workers getting tips, he was planning on replacing them with driverless cars, and he had sneaky code in the app store, and worst of all humiliated his own employees on tape who put their life savings into it....the convenience of UBER is great but they could have been much better people.

[@vitamindealer7915]

Why no one ever talks about the lack of taxi availability when you arrange for a cab, the taxi drivers bitching at you depending on how far you want to go after they accept the ride and you are in the vehicle, never accepting credit card, boggles my mind. The transportation director gets to just remain super quiet about all of the inherent flaws of the transportation system. Or how DUIs went DOWN across the world thanks to uber, which is indisputable.

[@sorasorisora]

I love JGL so much, he's 100% dedicated to his art without losing himself. I wish I could see him more everywhere in good projects.

[@pdoylemi]

It took me a little while to appreciate how good he is, because I couldn't get Harry from "3rd Rock from the Sun" out of my head.

[@waryaawariiri1812]

He is far from that stoned boy of that crazy show of the 1990s. He is playing real life, interesting characters like Snowden, Uber's founder and that lawyer in Chicago 7.

[@pdoylemi]

@@waryaawariiri1812 Truly amazing. But then I have to recall that Tom Hanks was introduced to the world through one of the silliest shows ever put on TV - "Bosom Buddies".

[@hazbutler]

Yeah, but he also screams "please love me" in true actor insecurity fashion.

[@vipersquad]

@@hazbutler Was about to say, they guy really loves being the center of attention to an exaggerated degree, it's difficult to take after a while.

[@aokigaharakomorebi]

Good for audience guy who called out Uber guy. He risked getting kicked out to send a message. I understand there are rules to ensure the show runs smoothly, but I really hope he wasn't removed from the audience. He was right.

[@DenizOzkaynak]

It seems like the audience member wasn't removed in 2015, but Stephen was making it clear that others will not receive such special treatment and will be removed in the future.

[@manilkasheran2934]

Uber still prevailed and a lot of liberals and conservatives benefitted from it! I mean can you find anybody who doesn't use uber these days. Drivers in my country have to get a credit line each month to be uber drivers so no matter what happens profits are guaranteed for the company.

[@helene420]

@@manilkasheran2934 I don't ever take Uber, I take Lyft. I asked a driver which he preferred. He said he's happier driving for Lyft and that Uber didn't treat him well so he drives exclusively for Lyft now.

[@tsurek]

Send a message for what? Exploiting desperate people for top dollar rides? I hardly call what Taxi Drivers do “work”. They just sit there and wait for the real desperate people who are wiling to pay their ridiculous rates. Taking a Taxi at anytime is the equivalent of taking an Uber or Lyft at peak times.

[@Fred.pSonic]

Joe GL is so damn cool and brings with him such an air of positivity, we need him in more movies.

[@MsWarriordiva]

Awesome dancer!!!!!

[@DaegdaGames]

Angels in the Outfield makin' me feel real old right about now.

[@SupermanHopkins]

That's HIM???? 😯

[@KatySueWho]

🥺 ohh that’s right!

[@b33rmun29]

JGL dressed as an encyclopedia salesman ! I love it !🤣

[@MsWarriordiva]

I love his suit!

[@pattyk734]

I was watching JGL on “3rd Rock from the Sun’” today. He was so talented at such a young age.

[@bryansupersun]

You gotta love Stephen C. He is a king! Period

[@livelifeTOrcr1p]

I really like and respect how colbert dealt with the audience member yelling. Very well done and professional

[@gladitsnotme]

He put his mom hat on lol

[@smiller2044]

@@gladitsnotme dad hat on you mean

[@beebuzz959]

@@smiller2044 I'm sure Colbert wouldn't be offended, he respects both women and trans people.

[@smiller2044]

@@beebuzz959 it's jus that in such an inclusive society of open-mindedness where people prefer specific identities, as Colbert identifies as male, I am surprised that wasn't considered... Colbert is a pretty chill guy who likes rule-bending which garners a lot of publicity & attention (first man to be recognized in women's mag).

[@idk459]

Bots shut up

[@tiny99990]

Okay... mad respect to Stephen for how he handled that heckler, holy shit... I definitely understand not wanting to air that though, don't want people coming in and making it a regular thing.

[@bubbledoubletrouble]

“You don’t get to decide which ones you obey.” Correct. The proper way of doing things is deciding which politicians you buy to re/write laws to your liking.

[@msizimanqele2811]

The energy on this guy 🙇🙌

[@reolabranch]

Which "guy?"

[@msizimanqele2811]

@@reolabranch The guest of course

[@patrickegan8866]

Good to see a high profile celeb publicly sticking up for organised labour

[@Yasumi_Hoshikawa]

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is one of the few sit-com kids who actually seemed to outgrow his sitcom acting skills and become a good actor! It's like a curse growing up in a popular sitcom but he sure broke it. well, relatively lol really love his energy though, still always hearty laughs and good humor

[@UserInterface00]

Stephen forgot to mention INCEPTION, how dare he? Jokes aside, JGL is one of my favorite actors since 3rd Rock from the Sun.

[@leapintothewild]

JGL has that snappy style like Matthew Broderick - love that windowpane check and wingtips! ❤️

[@MsWarriordiva]

Reminds me of NFL players. They are cool dressers too!!!

[@riancalopes3437]

Its just me or other people notices that Joseph doesnt age? He looks soooo young!!!! Or its just me that is getting old??? 🤦🏽

[@eartherinfire]

Forever young!

[@NickCBax]

I’d really like to see how Travis answered that question in 2015.

[@NickCBax]

And I’m pretty sure the answer is in the video from 2015: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXjHm3-sbdOYeNU

[@MothGirl007]

Super dapper threads!

[@torguy5763]

Just finished watching Super Pumped, and his acting is incredible, I will forever see Gordon as Travis, I almost hate him and that's a good thing lol.

[@sureshnishtala2887]

Just watched Super Pumped series..its amazing

[@Thatit777]

Also don't forget that they spend $200 million in campaigning and publicity to pass a new law that will benefit them, so they won't have to change the status of "independent contract" to "employee" so they won't have to pay benefits as any company does. And it worked, they passed the law, and they don't have to pay shit now. I wonder if in the movie show this and show how they manipulated the system to get away with it. 🤔

[@bobmckoolky5346]

I'm so in love with these men. Don't tell my wife.

[@bobmckoolky5346]

@gelas lawas checks out.

[@bobmckoolky5346]

@Eiyi Nasma Dude seriously. Stop. Wrong venue.

[@frizzlethecat2084]

I'm pretty sure your wife wouldn't mind as long as she can have her turn, too ;-)

[@rtblues]

Uber is a massive fail in Europe. There are alternatives, competitors that do it WAY better and consumers have reacted accordingly and are shunning Uber for these alternative companies that outperform Uber in price and service. The only advantage Uber actually is the fact that the word Uber itself has slipped into the lexicon and is used as a generic term for any and all such companies. Like Xerox copy or a Kleenex tissue, brands that have become words for a more general thing with many competitors. P.S. I had the same suit that JGL is wearing, in the 80's. Is that the look he was going for? Maybe I should have kept it...

[@El-wv1tf]

Yup, I live in Europe and I haven't used an Uber even once. First of all, the transportation system - like night busses and trains. Then you can have "angels" to come pick you up and drive you and your car home (costs like a taxi). And then taxi, which also use apps...

[@wewper]

@Bri Ba You can't track your taxi in your city? One thing that taxis in my city (in Canada) did in response to Uber was to introduce tracking capability. It's not proprietary technology. If their taxis have GPS (which they already did), they can track them. Uber has no presence here; just Uber Eats.

[@LindaC616]

NOT defending Uber here, as I've only downloaded the app and used them out of necessity in 2021 (plus friends who called one for me in Chicago years ago, and it was their first time using it ). I so wish we had efficient transportation in most places here in the US, because having traveled in Latin America and Europe, it is more efficient and affordable there (shoutout to Germany!l) Plus, in some cities in the US, there has been demonstrated race bias amongst cabbies (true, most of *those* cabbies not born and raised in the US, but it doesn't matter when it's 2am in Manhattan and you're trying to get a cab back to certain neighborhoods outside of Manhattan). My car died last summer. We only have two cab companies here, the large one which has permission to enter the local military base, and a small startup, which only has a few cars and shut down during the pandemic. The larger company wasn't answering the phone (summer evening, tourist town). So that night and one or twice more during the weeks my car was getting fixed, Uber was my only option. That being said, they should face regulation, for the reasons cited by the gentleman in the audience who spoke

[@leapintothewild]

Actually, a windowpane check suit is a classic since the Victorian era, and like all fashion, cycles in and out of popularity.

[@wewper]

@@leapintothewild The fabric actually looks good. 1:45 But the trousers are poorly tailored.

[@DawningWisdom]

3rd rock from the sun ❤️

[@GigiTupas]

Another smart and informative conversation! Thank you, Stephen and Joseph Gordon Levitt!

[@Herowebcomics]

WOW! JGL and Sephen are awesome! And so was that response to that protester!

[@SomeRandomHobo44]

love it when actors really do their research for roles. can tell that joseph gordon levitt really did his prep

[@667mumble]

Stephen really knows how to handle tough situations like a pro.

[@PM2024-]

This dude has been in some awesome, under the radar, movies 🍿

[@missv8109]

Mysterious Skin 🖤

[@superjaykramer]

Awesome Awesome Show!..Brilliant Acting!

[@Boygonebad]

Just watched the show Super Pumped and JGL was great in the role. Chandler was great as always too. Well done series.

[@shmutube]

Love this all soo much. JGL is such a smart, classy guy! 👍🏽🎉

[@NewMessage]

Woo! I love Jojo-Garbo-Lemming!

[@davidmfula8366]

Ever since 3rd Rock I new this kid had something special.

[@jalabi99]

As JGL pointed out, the reason why Uber sucks is they were systematically breaking the law and profiting from other's misery and pain. That's all due to Travis Kalanick. Even though he has left the company, his attitude is still part of the company's DNA. So I'd rather walk than give any of my money to Uber. Lyft has my vote.

[@NR-gp2il]

Lol like lyft cares any more. All companies are about profit

[@ValliW]

Where the hell is the Fraggle Rock movie we were promised?!?

[@thestudbq]

Exactly

[@PragmaticP]

No coincidence, I dumped Uber only weeks b4 Kalanick was outed. Calling Uber in the early morning to go to work. The driver, that I was tracking (sounded drunk or sleepy) kept missing my street (all numbered streets, with new classy street signs). Out on my lawn, I was trying to wave him down while I could see him roll by the end of my street, he finally just drove off. He said he couldn't find the address and charged me the $5. cancellation fee. Appealing the charge to Uber, they stood by the driver that bailed on me, saying, "We won't see eye to eye". I totally understood the toxic business acumen (from the top down) embraced by Uber when I saw the video that led to Kalanick's downfall.

[@NR-gp2il]

Downfall lol cough guys a billionaire 🤣

[@DrNancyLivingCoCreatively]

Grifters everywhere. Citizens suffer. Disrupting was innovation at one time and it has done little for common people. Start all the charities you want citizens deserve priority in my view. It has cost us our Planet.

[@apocbible]

Sheldon Cooper suit

[@TheKlabim]

Is there anybody out there who can see sanity in the order interviews are uploaded to this channel?

[@mollyfurball]

OMG... finally someone said it! It's been bugging me for months! Why can't they post the clips in chronological order! And it's not just this channel. Other late night talk show KZbin channels as well, SNL as well... I almost wonder if it's deliberately done. They used to be in order, but suddenly most aren't? Wonder if there is some collective reason behind a this...

[@davidbrentgriffin]

Tip du jour: If you watch the first video after the monologue when they are batch posted (e.g., NFT/AFT today, Meanwhile 2x/week, etc.), then click on the video on the upper right at the end, and continue to do so after each segment, they are set up to play in order.

[@elaexplorer]

It looks like the clips are prepared and then just drag and dropped into an upload folder. Then at the prescribed time they're mass uploaded to KZbin. Because some take longer than others to render they end up out of order.

[@krystofdayne]

@@mollyfurball Yeah I've been wondering about that too. My first guess was that it was just happenstance, that whoever edits down these interviews into clips and uploads them on KZbin just uploads them all at the same time and whichever just so happens to be done first, or happens to be chosen first by a KZbin algorithm that decides on what to do when two videos are uploaded simultaneously, would be the one that came first. But the problem with that is, that it should result in the videos being in the right order at least some of the time, and they are in the wrong order every single time, so it has to be deliberate at least to some extent. Whether it is actual malice, maybe getting more clicks by confusing folks as to the order in which they have to click on the videos, or just a result of some weird internal reason behind the upload schedule, I have no idea.

[@krystofdayne]

@@davidbrentgriffin That won't be set up though, that's just KZbin algorithms being clever and noticing that that is the order in which people tend to watch the videos. So it's probably going to be right after some time has passed and people have been watching them in that order for a while but not from the get-go. Not a bad suggestion though.

[@dreamofglee]

The current P is so much worse than the last P. The car, the checkbook prove that every day.

[@daledarling11]

Possibly the only human who could pull off that suit. E.n.e.r.g.y.!

[@frizzlethecat2084]

He looks great! But I'd through David Tennant into the ring, too. He can wear a carpet and pull it off somehow.

[@scarlet2690]

Joseph's got to have his own talk show:)

[@jimmieeddieschwenk3117]

John you forgot about MYSTERIOUS SKIN.... Was that intentional...???

[@kingming869]

Edward Snowden is so pumped to have audience.

[@mikehersh6192]

Good night and good luck🤓

[@socialstunner]

Where is season 2 I eagerly waiting

[@Boffin55]

ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corp) did a really good documentary on the dodgy things Uber did in Aus; worth watching. I think you can also find it on KZbin

[@stonedhomer621]

I miss 3rd Rock so much.

[@csic123]

Me too.

[@devin_leary]

I wish that moment went onto the show (Super pumped)

[@spencersmith3482]

JGL somehow looks like a LEGO man and/or a Q-tip.

[@FOXMAN09]

Uber saved future generations in many places from terrible cab drivers. Laws set up to protect the awful cab industry aren't going to get my sympathy.

[@luciferangelica]

he still looks like a teenager, but such blustery speechifying

[@ecbrown6151]

Rewatched Looper a few weeks ago, JGL solid as always, is this Bruce Willis’ last good movie?

[@edwardfletcher7790]

Definitely. Willis has made about 20 totally💩 movies in the last two years. Direct to video trash !

[@basementtapes7577]

Serious Wolf of Wall Street vibes

[@foulchild]

JGL we want a fucking 3rd rock reunion. You guys left it open-ended. Fuck the reunion, lets get the show BACK!!

[@blipmachine]

This dude co-invented the spinning zero-gravity corridor!

[@trickwillis]

Rob Schneider lookn good in that snazzy suit

[@luvyou-baby]

his new show vibe seems to feel like Entourage + Billions

[@shethingsd]

He's just a really great guy

[@anthonyrocha8075]

Regulations are not laws.

[@michelekett8450]

Uber has been like its founder, a disruptive pain in the butt for many of the drivers and the taxi companies. Lots of people use it but it’s not as well paid as it ought to be and there have been quite a few really dodgy operators and sexual assaults by drivers,

[@gladitsnotme]

The only downside to uber is that professional drivers would have to use their own cars. But uber isn't meant to be a full time career like taxiing, it's a gig.

[@NR-gp2il]

They promote like a full time gig and the early uber driving money was decent.

[@kfaberdnt]

I don't love stephen, but he handled this really well.

[@akshayde]

oooh who did JGL's wardrobe

[@delrey874]

He's always been a great actor.

[@TrueSake]

Arsenio Hall would've never edit that out.

[@markphc99]

I was hoping the Uber performance was an act and that he’d be a calm person IRL

[@ChicoCabra]

And these are the reasons I've never given money to Uber. Or Air bn'b

[@waelhussein4606]

Is that voice of JGL natural?!

[@JasonMcLay]

I understand the taxi complaints but I also wish taxis could be held more accountable. In an Uber, I know the driver's name, I know the license plate number, my ride can be tracked and I know the price upfront, If I forget something in the Uber I have a way to contact that driver based on my history. Cabs have honest drivers and corrupt ones but unless you take a photo of the driver's car and the driver and his license for driving, he or she has no digital history for accountability. They just drive away and they are free. "you never rode with them" would be impossible with an Uber ride. Why is the cab industry resistant to using the same technology? I think that the answer is rhetorical and they know it.

[@mrew1995]

Exactly..10 percent to the Big guy!

[@eyeDavid]

Love jgl but who wants to watch an Uber movie?

[@gmonorail]

like j-lo and j law, we have j gord

[@bindak]

Like Stephen, I was thinner in 2015 than I am now 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@bleh329]

I don't know how successful anyone can say Uber since, the last time I checked, the company is still considered a startup. Meaning it's not yet profitable.

[@juvingonsalves]

When they're that massive. It's not about profits. It's all about stock price and shares.

[@bleh329]

@@juvingonsalves It doesn't matter that they'll never make more money than they spend? Then what are investors investing in? Aren't they looking for a return on their investments?

[@arthurshat7793]

Tell us more about presidents that don’t obey the law.

[@elisemiller13]

Uber was what forced me into having a cell phone...pretty weird...+ my aged father was stuck at home because there were no regulations on keeping passengers safe. On the other side of the equation, I've had some pretty unsafe drivers & vehicles growing up taking taxis.

[@gabsie7224]

Nice guy, always.

[@abhisheksamanta1]

Umm - according to the description of the video, name of the guest is OGL (oseph Gordon-Levitt) - not JGL!!

[@jdj830]

I appreciate that Uber forced taxi companies to adapt or die. The whole reason Uber succeeded was because that taxis had become too smug and complacent in their monopoly business model. As recently as five years ago there were taxis in major cities that refused to take plastic, weren’t outfitted with GPS, and their only interface with customers before the ride was via phone with a cranky dispatcher who neither knew or cared where your driver was. Now, pressured by the competition, most taxis have adapted to technology and are much more accountable to their customers. It’s the best of both worlds, because they are also regulated by the government and respect labor laws. So now it’s Uber’s turn to adapt or die. If they want to survive they have to follow the law, treat their drivers as employees, and be fully transparent and accountable as a business. They have to understand that customer safety and the fair treatment of workers is as important as their profit margin. If they don’t their customers will and should abandon them.

[@justinschrank4806]

Came here because loved the uber show and respected the performance. But lost me when they started talking politics. Nobody cares.

[@szn1580]

I feel for that guy.

[@checkmate3361]

Awwwe, A True Blush... Used To Be The Sincerest Form Of Flattery. Needs Some💜 Awesome Show 2Nite, Yes It's Today. Much🔥❤️

[@blindsightedkill]

Someone add that audience member to a compilation of comedians dealing with hecklers

[@sowinski4]

I get it, that dynamic personality aspect...it's just that the victims suffer, and the enablers are pumped by Mr Dynamo & then dumped. All the wreckage, wholly unnecessary & much of it irreparable.

[@AC3handle]

Time to 'Levitt' some fines.

[@Zennofobic]

watching Super Pumped now, I liked it a lot don't know why it's getting panned. Reminds me of Social Network, I love techie startup movies figure that!

[@jovemed1221]

FIRE JOSEPH FOR THIS

[@LuisMendoza-pp9qi]

I just watched that show "Superpumped" and now....I kinda like Travis Kalanick a Lot!! Now....I Want to be a Tech Bro!! If girls were having unwanted advances at the Uber offices... just say no! Just like they would do at a bar or a Cafe where there's no HR!! But nope, they decided to file report after report....

[@parsnipguy2986]

Joseph Gordon Levitt isn’t real in ANY timeline

[@carriezilla981]

Is that him? Or did he come out as TK? I've watched other interviews JGL does not act like that on the other interviews....

[@rantg]

the actor is so much LESS good than the original, not only Travis talk and look different, he is smarter, better looking, and more interesting.