Kaitlan Collins’ latest late-night appearance happened in person this time, as opposed to the last time she guested on Seth Meyers’ talk show via Zoom, and they of course covered her obsession with Alabama football.

After asking Collins about transitioning from the CNN morning show to primetime slot for “The Source with Kaitlan Collins” (airing weeknights at 8 p.m. Central), as well as her approach to getting real answers from media-trained politicians on the air, Meyers mentioned her recent trip in Israel, which she called “one of the toughest things that I’ve ever covered.”

But then Meyers awkwardly shifted gears to her football fandom.

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“There is no easy way to transition out of that story to what I want into ask you about next. But I will simply say that you are a fan of Alabama football,” Meyers said, with Collin joking she is just a casual fan. “You are the biggest Alabama football fan I know on Twitter.”

Meyers then asked how she thinks the 2023 season has gone so far.

“I say it with the backing of 100,000 people in Bryant-Denny Stadium that it hasn’t been our best season,” she said.

“That’s a little unfair, because all you ever have are the best seasons,” Meyers replied. “You’re 7-1. You’re ranked eighth in the nation. And you’re walking around being like ‘Ugh.’”

Indeed, the Crimson Tide sit at eighth in the first College Football Playoff rankings. And while they suffered a disappointment early season loss to Texas, they remain in the driver’s seat to clinch a spot in the SEC Championship Game, starting with a win over LSU at home this weekend.

Collins told Meyers she will attend the Alabama-LSU game in Tuscaloosa on Saturday, Nov. 4. “Hopefully it goes well,” she said. “But I mean has been a brutal season. We lost to Texas.” Some fans then let out a “Whoo!” in the Meyers studio.

The host then asked Collins if she is “a fun vibe” while watching the Tide play. “No, oh my God,” she said. “Everyone is always like, ‘I want to go to the game with you.’ All my friends who have never been to the South are like, ‘I’d love to come.’ And I’m like, ‘Sure you can come hang out with me before the game, after if we win.’ During the game, I’m not talking. I’m sitting there, I’m watching, I’m serious.”

“It’s so cool that you overcame this mental illness,” Meyers quipped, to which Collins insisted, “I haven’t.”

The longtime Pittsburgh Steelers fan Meyers also admitted, “By the way, I have it, too. I just have it with pro football.”

Collins never shies away from sharing her Alabama football fandom on national television, especially when pressed by her colleagues to analyze the Tide’s hopes for yet another national championship under Nick Saban. “So, I’ve perfected the gameday routine,” she told AL.com. “It’s actually becoming problematic as I get older because it’s so unhealthy.”

She said her current routine began when she moved to Washington D.C., where she learned she would no longer be surrounded by college football fans with whom she could share the experience. She wakes up, gets Chick-fil-A and watches “College GameDay.” Collins said, “I’m convinced if I don’t do it, then I will somehow jinx the team.”

When she attended UA in 2010-2014, Collins attended nearly every game during one of the Tide’s most dominant stretches. Nostalgia hit hard on a recent trip to visit her brother. “I was like, I really wish I could be a college student for just one more weekend and just come back and go to a game because you don’t realize how good you have it until you’ve graduated,” she told AL.com.

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Watch the entire Seth Meyers interview in the clip above.

In May, CNN announced Collins would take over the network’s 8 p.m. CT primetime slot, previously occupied by Chris Cuomo whom the network fired in December 2021. The news came after the Alabama native moderated CNN’s Republican town hall with former President Donald Trump that month in New Hampshire. Collins’ handling of the event divided critics and viewers, while Variety and Puck reported CNN planned give her the primetime slot permanently after publicly supporting her performance at the town hall.

Collins became CNN’s youngest-ever chief White House correspondent six years ago at age 29. “Since joining CNN in 2017, she has become one of the most influential journalists in the nation due to her tough questions, objective reporting and signature style,” a CNN release said. “Kaitlan has broken numerous stories of consequence from both the Biden and Trump administrations, including significant policy decisions and major staff changes, traveling the globe extensively to report on their presidencies. Collins has also reported on the Senate special election in her home state of Alabama.”

Collins replaced Jim Acosta as chief White House correspondent in 2021. When she joined the network in 2017, Collins covered the Trump White House and quickly rose to the top of her field. She covered Biden for a year-and-a-half before taking on her new role as co-anchor of “CNN This Morning.”

Collins is from Prattville and graduated from the University of Alabama in 2014. She also previously worked for the right-wing Daily Caller media outlet, which was launched by Tucker Carlson.

Prior to landing the primetime gig, Collins served as co-anchor on “CNN This Morning” with Don Lemon and Poppy Harlow, a show that saw a shakeup in April after the network fired Lemon. The former longtime CNN host announced on Twitter he had been fired by the network where he worked for 17 years. Shortly afterward, Collins addressed the shocking news of Lemon’s departure and said she wished him the best in future endeavors.