ANA CABRERA, CNN HOST: Mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, are forcing scores of people to lay their loved ones to rest much sooner than they ever thought possible. But whether it comes suddenly or tragedy or you have time to prepare, the sad reality is that grief and pain are a part of life. That's something comedian and late show host, Stephen Colbert, knows all too well. He lost his father and two brothers in a plane crash when he was just 10 years old. Colbert sat down with CNN's Anderson Cooper, who just lost his mom, Gloria Vanderbilt, and they talked about how no one can escape suffering and why that is not such a bad thing.</s>ANDERSON COOPER, CNN HOST, "A.C. 360": You told an interviewer that you have learned, in your words, "Love is the thing that I most wish had not happened." You went on to say, "What punishments of God are not gifts? Do you really believe that?</s>STEPHEN COLBERT, HOST, THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT: Yes. It's a gift to exist. It's a gift to exist, and with existence, comes suffering. There's no escaping that.</s>COOPER: It doesn't mean you --</s>COLBERT: I don't want it to have happened. I want it to not have happened.</s>COOPER: Right.</s>COLBERT: But -- if you are grateful for your life, which I think is a positive thing to do, not everybody is, and I'm not always, but it's the most positive thing to do, then you have to be grateful for all of it.</s>CABRERA: You can see the rest of the conversation between Anderson and Stephen Colbert. That airs tomorrow night at 8:00 Eastern right here on CNN. We'll be right back.
Anderson Cooper Talks with Stephen Colbert about Grief & Loss