Home > Culture & Lifestyle > Culture “He was the most human person that I ever met,” the actor tells “The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert Billy Crystal stopped by “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on Tuesday night, where he discussed his tribute to his late friend and collaborator Rob Reiner during this year’s Oscars telecast, which he said would have made the filmmaker “really smile.” This year’s extended “In Memoriam” segment at the Academy Awards began with Crystal taking the stage to