Farrow laughed, but Colbert insisted that “part of the story is the story not being told for so long.”

“He’s a tough interviewer,” Farrow joked to the audience. “Here’s what I would say on that; it’s very clear when you look at this story and how long it stayed quiet that it is of the utmost importance that any news organization that has damning evidence of ongoing criminal activity needs to run that, needs to investigate it and interrogate it and run it. And that’s what I’ll say about that.”

When asked about the third article Farrow is working on, he hinted that the “machine” that kept the sexual harassment under wraps for so long would be the focus.