--- title: Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert Parody Kanye West's Famous description: Jimmy Kimmel and Kanye West took to their respective shows to parody Kanye West's very NSFW "Famous" video. canonical: https://time.com/4385936/jimmy-kimmel-stephen-colbert-kanye-famous-parody/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-28T18:33:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:33:53.250Z og:title: Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert Parody Kanye's 'Famous' Video og:description: Talk about some odd bedfellows og:url: https://time.com/4385936/jimmy-kimmel-stephen-colbert-kanye-famous-parody/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0f8e350514668bb9/698899c3f887dc9883e966ce/jimmy-kimmel-stephen-colbert-kanye-famous-parody.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert Parody Kanye's 'Famous' Video twitter:description: Talk about some odd bedfellows twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0f8e350514668bb9/698899c3f887dc9883e966ce/jimmy-kimmel-stephen-colbert-kanye-famous-parody.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert Hilariously Poke Fun at Kanye West's NSFW 'Famous' Video > Sponsored content. 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CBS Photo Archive—CBS via Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jun 28, 2016 6:33 PM UTC While there was plenty to see in [Kanye West’s controversial (and very NSFW) “Famous” video](http://time.com/4382876/kanye-west-famous-video-somebody-sue-me/), there was definitely some footage that didn’t make the cut — at least that’s the story that [Jimmy Kimmel](http://time.com/4241109/ben-affleck-smuggles-matt-damon-jimmy-kimmel-live/) and [Stephen Colbert](http://time.com/4185066/stephen-colbert-deray-mckesson-black-lives-matter/) are telling us. The two late night talk show hosts debuted parodies of the video on their respective shows on Monday, poking fun at [West’s visual project](http://time.com/4384498/artist-vincent-desiderio-kanye-west-famous-video-sleep/). After revealing his sidekick, Guillermo Rodriguez in bed next to Anna Wintour in an edited clip of the video, Kimmel cracked, “That’s the most star-studded ad for a Sleep Number I’ve ever seen! And how did Bill Cosby put all those people to sleep?” Colbert went a step further and cast himself in the video and addressed the creator himself. “I’m going to sue you right now for cutting me out of that video. 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