On Friday’s Late Show, Stephen Colbert’s first guest was Ronan Farrow, whose exposé about the now voluminously alleged history of sexual harassment and assault by Hollywood power producer Harvey Weinstein ran in the New Yorker’s October 23 issue. Farrow acknowledged Colbert’s credit of New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey for breaking the Weinstein story first, while talking about his experience of having his own 10-months-researched story on the topic ultimately rejected by NBC—for reasons about which the journalist remained resolutely politic. Farrow did tell Colbert that he was subjected to pressure from Weinstein’s lawyers and various unnamed “intermediaries” during his own investigation, noting, again circumspectly, “You’ve heard the legends of how he behaves. You get the idea.” As to Colbert’s repeated question of why NBC spiked a story (that has since been widely confirmed) about one of the most influential men in entertainment being a sexual predator, Farrow demurred once more, saying only that any news organization with information about an ongoing story that could impact people’s lives should run that story. Telling the politely dogged Colbert that the host would have made a fine investigative reporter himself, Farrow spoke of reporters never wanting to be the story, praised those women—both in Hollywood and in other industries—who have come forward in the wake of the Weinstein revelations, and was generally more interested in keeping the focus on the main issue at hand.