HOW ARE YA?
>> I'M GREAT!
JEFFREY WRIGHT WAS JUST OUT HERE FROM "WESTWORLD."
>> Stephen: YEAH.
WE GREW UP IN D.C. TOGETHER, WE WENT TO THE SAME
BROTHER-SISTER SCHOOL, AND WE PLAYED SPIN THE BOTTLE AND I
MADE OUT WITH HIM.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WHAT?!
CAN WE CONFIRM THIS?
HOLD ON.
I WANT TO FACT CHECK THIS.
CAN SOMEONE GET A CONFIRMATION?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: GET A CONFIRMATION THAT YOU GUYS MADE OUT.
HOW OLD ARE WE TALKING HERE?
>> EIGHTH GRADE.
>> Stephen: SO YOU WERE INTO PUBERTY AT THAT POINT.
>> NOT ME BUT EVERYBODY ELSE.
>> Stephen: GOOD.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GET CONFIRMATION ON THIS IN JUST A
MOMENT.
YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE THIS BACK BEFORE HE COMES OUT HERE?
>> NO, I WANT TO TAKE IT BACK.
>> Stephen: JUST MAKING SURE.
I HOPE HE EMBELLISHES.
>> Stephen: IS THAT WHAT YOU CALL IT?
>> WELL, YES.
SO WE GREW UP IN D.C. TOGETHER AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT --
>> Stephen: I GREW UP -- YOU GREW UP IN NEW JERSEY.
THAT DOESN'T COUNT.
>> Stephen: IS HE GONE?
WE'RE ASKING RIGHT NOW.
>> Stephen: WE'RE ASKING RIGHT NOW.
>> WHAT HAPPENS IF I LIED?
DO I GET BOOTED OFF THE SHOW?
>> Stephen: NO, YO YOU STAY FOR AN EXTRA SEGMENT.
>> DO I LOOK LIKE STORMY DANIELS.
CONTINUE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( PIANO RIFF )
A LITTLE BIT.
>> Stephen: HE SAYS YES?
HE CONFIRMS.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WOW.
YEAH.
>> Stephen: WELL, CONGRATULATIONS.
>> WELL, THANK YOU, MR. COLBERT.
>> Stephen: AND TO HIM, TOO, OBVIOUSLY.
>> WELL, YEAH.
>> Stephen: DOES GEORGE KNOW?
GEORGE KNOWS NOW.
BUT I WAS A VIRGIN BRIDE SO IT DOESN'T MATTER.
>> Stephen: A PICTURE HERE.
THERE THEY ARE!
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL COUPLE!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: IT'S AN EXCITING
TIME.
YOU'VE GOT THE BOOK COMING OUT.
>> I DO.
>> Stephen: IT'S CALLED GO ASK ALI RIGHT THERE.
>> YEP.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WE'LL GET TO THIS
IN A SECOND.
FIRST, YOUR HUSBAND HAD A FIVE-HOUR INTERVIEW WITH JAMES
COMEY.
>> YES, HE DID.
>> Stephen: WAS THAT A FAMILY AFFAIR WATCHING IT?
>> IT ALWAYS IS.
WHEN GEORGE FIRST TOLD ME HE WAS INTERVIEWING COMEY, I THOUGHT
COMEY WAS GOING TO COME OVER TO THE APARTMENT SO I MADE RICE
KRISPIES TREATS AND THE KIDS WANTED TO PLAY WOULD YOU RATHER,
AND GEORGE SAID, NO, I'M INTERVIEWING HIM AT HIS HOUSE.
THIS WAS ALSO THE WEEK OF THE RIRDALE MUSICAL WHICH GEORGE IS
A FAN OF.
>> Stephen: TELEVISION SHOW.
YEAH, FOR TEENS.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YEAH, AND -- HE
CRIES.
AND THE COMEY INTERVIEW, WE WATCHED WITH OUR DAUGHTERS,
HARPER AND ELLIOTT, WHO ARE 15 AND 12 IN OUR 15-YEAR-OLD'S BED.
ALL LINED UP LIKE ESKIMOS.
>> Stephen: 10:00 SUNDAY NIGHT.
>> WHICH WE ARE USUALLY ALL ASLEEP.
>> Stephen: HE HAS TO GET UP.
3:00.
SO WE HAD A LOT OF ESPRESSO, GOT INTO BED, AND MY GIRLS WHO LIVES
IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA WORLD, THE WHOLE TIME, OMIGOD!
DADDY, YOU'RE TRENDING, NO, BEYONCE.
NO, NOW IT'S YOU.
BECAUSE I GUESS IT WAS A BEYONCE-COACHELLA THING.
HE STARTED CRYING BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT BEYONCE TO BEAT HIM
IN THE TREND.
>> Stephen: YES.
BUT HE GOT BACK UP AND IT WAS A FANTASTIC INTERVIEW AND IT WAS
A EXCITING NIGHT FOR THE STEPHANOPOULOS FAMILY.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: YOU GOT THE NEW
BOOK GO ASK ALI.
>> IT'S NO COMEY INTERVIEW BUT IT'S GOOD FOR A PLANE RIDE.
>> Stephen: IT'S ADVICE.
BASED ON MIMI STAKES.
>> Stephen: YOU ADMIT MAYBE YOU'RE NOT THE BEST PERSON TO
GET ADVICE FROM.
>> I MADE OUT WITH JEFFREY WRIGHT.
I'LL TELL YOU ANYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW.
IT'S BASED ON MIMI TAKES.
IT'S A TRILOGY.
>> Stephen: WHAT ARE YOU ASHAMED OF?
>> WHERE DO WE START?
( LAUGHTER ) TO, THINGS LIKE HAVE YOU EVER
WRITTEN AN EMAIL THAT WASN'T NICE ABOUT SOMEBODY AND YOU
THINK YOU'RE SENDING IT TO YOUR SPOUSE BUT YOU SEND IT TO THEM?
THAT KIND OF THING.
>> Stephen: 20 THINGS I KNOW FOR SEWER.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: CARE TO SHARE?
OME OF THEM.
ONE IS YOU KNOW WHEN PEOPLE SAY, IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME,
WOULD YOU KILL HITLER?
THE ANSWER IS YES.
THERE'S NO, WELL, IT DEPENDS, IS HE IN ART SCHOOL?
IS HE -- >> Stephen: IT'S BABY HITLER.
IT'S WOULD YOU GO BACK AND KILL BABY HITLER.
>> YES!
YES!
KILL THE BABY!
I DON'T CARE!
( PIANO RIFF ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
THAT'S MY ADVICE, KILL THE BABY.
>> Stephen: GOT ANOTHER ONE?
I GOT 25 OF THEM.
>> Stephen: ACTUALLY, 20.
( LAUGHTER ) >> I BROUGHT FIVE WITH PEFOR
YOU.
>> Stephen: OH, OKAY, GOOD.
ANOTHER ONE IS WHEN YOUR CHILDREN START TALKING TO YOU
ABOUT SEX, IF YOU GET AN OLD 1970s COLOR PHOTOGRAPH S.T.D.
BOOK WITH PICTURES OF SCROATUM EELEPHANTITIS, THEY WILL NOT HAV
SEX EVER.
>> Stephen: FIRST NIGHT USED THE WORD SCROTUM TWICE
BACK-TO-BACK.
>> YES!
>> STEPHEN: "GO ASK ALI" IS IN STORES TOMORROW.
ALI WENTWORTH, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY "BROTHERS
OSBORNE."
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )