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WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE SHOW."
I'M STILL STEPHEN COLBERT.
LET'S SAY HELLO TO OUR FRIEND MR. JON BATISTE.
HELLO, JON, HOW ARE YOU.
>> Jon: YES, INDEED, I'M OVER HERE GROOVING.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S ON YOUR MUSICAL MIND TONIGHT?
WHO ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT?
>> Jon: I'M THINKING ABOUT MY FOLKS IN LOUISIANA.
>> Stephen: GIVE MY BEST TO YOUR FAMILY.
I HOPE THEY STAY SAFE.
GIVE US SOME LONG HAIR.
>> Jon: OH, YEAH.
♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: JON BATISTE,
EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU, JON.
>> Jon: YES, INDEED.
>> Stephen: STAY LIVE.
NOW, FOLKS, I ALLUDED TO THIS NEXT STORY IN THE MONOLOGUE
TONIGHT.
BUT THERE'S ONE GUY WHO WON'T BE SPEAKING AT THE CONVENTION, AND
THAT'S LIBERTY UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT JERRY FALWELL JR.,
SEEN HERE UNZIPPING TO LEAVE ROOM FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT.
FALWELL SPOKE IN 2016, BECAUSE HE WAS THE VERY FIRST
EVANGELICAL LEADER TO ENDORSE DONALD TRUMP.
IT TURNS OUT, THEY'VE GOT A LITTLE MORE IN COMMON THAN YOU
THINK.
YOU SEE, FALWELL AND HIS WIFE HAVE HAD A VERY PUBLIC FEUD WITH
THEIR FORMER PARTNER GIANCARLO GRANDA, WHO THEY WENT INTO
BUSINESS WITH SHORTLY AFTER MEETING HIM WHILE HE WAS WORKING
AS A HOTEL POOL BOY.
NOW, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING-- AND GET YOUR MIND OUT
OF THE GUTTER, BECAUSE I NEED ROOM FOR MY MIND DOWN THERE.
BECAUSE YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
AFTER YEARS OF INNUENDO, OVER THE WEEKEND, FALWELL REVEALED
HIS WIFE HAD AN AFFAIR WITH THE POOL BOY, AND FALWELL CLAIMED HE
BLACKMAILED THEM.
BUT GRANDA DENIED BLACKMAILING THE FALWELLS, AND GAVE THIS
INTERESTING DETAIL OF THE AFFAIR.
, "BECKI AND I DEVELOPED AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP AND JERRY
ENJOYED WATCHING FROM THE CORNER OF THE ROOM."
LISTEN, I AM NOT HERE TO KINK SHAME.
I BELIEVE WHATEVER HAPPENS BETWEEN CONSENTING ADULTS IS
PERFECTLY FINE, AND I BELIEVE JERRY FALWELL JR. WANTS TO WATCH
THEM FROM THE KOIRN CORNER OF TE ROOM.
WHAT I DON'T DIG IS HYPOCRISY.
WHILE CARRYING ON WITH THIS POOL BOY, FALWELL WAS STILL PRESIDENT
OF A UNIVERSITY WHOSE CODE OF CONDUCT SAYS SEXUAL RELATIONS
OUTSIDE OF A BIBLICALLY ORDAINED MARRIAGE BETWEEN A NATURAL BORN
MAN AND A NATURAL BORN WOMAN ARE NOT PERMISSIBLE AT LIBERTY
UNIVERSITY.
BUT THEY'RE CLEARLY FORGETTING THE BIBLICAL STORY OF ADAM AND
EVE, AND KEVIN WHO WATCHED FROM THE FREE.
OH, NO, NO, LEAVE THE FIG LEAF ON!
( LAUGHTER )
IT.
AGAIN, I'M NOT LOOKING TO JUDGE OR SHAME SOMEONE ELSE'S
CONSENTING SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS.
THAT'S FALWELL'S JOB.
GRANDA BACKED UP HIS CLAIM WITH PLENTY OF EVIDENCE, INCLUDING
SCREENSHOTS OF A FACETIME CONVERSATION HE HAD WITH THE
FALWELLS DURING WHICH BECKI WAS NAKED AS THE TWO DISCUSSED THEIR
RELATIONSHIP WHILE JERRY PIKED FROM BEHIND A DOOR.
YOU KNOW THE OLD SAYING, "EVERY TIME GOD CLOSES A DOOR HE FINDS
A NAKED JERRY FALWELL JR. PLAYING THE ORGAN."
AGAIN, AGAIN.
( LAUGHTER )
FACING ALL OF THIS EVIDENCE, YESTERDAY FALWELL AGREED TO
RESIGN FROM LIBERTY UNIVERSITY.
THEN REVERSED COURSE.
COME ON, HE'S IN, HE'S OUT, HE'S IN, HE'S OUT-- ALL THE REST OF
US CAN DO IS SIT BACK AND WATCH.
( LAUGHTER )
LATE LAST NIGHT, FALWELL RESIGNED AGAIN EXPLAINING THAT
THE AFFAIR LED TO STRESS, WEIGHT LOSS, AND THE FEELING THAT HE
WAS LIVING ON A ROLLER COASTER.
YES, SPECIFICALLY, THE GREAT AMERICAN THUNDER.
YOU MUST BE THIS HYPOCRITICAL TO RIDE.
FALLWILL SAYS HE'S MOVING ON FROM LIBERTY UNIVERSITY,
PREDICTING I SEE A ROLE IN OTHER AREAS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS YET, BUT I'M NOT DONE.
THIS HAPPENED FOR A REASON.
I LIKE TO THINK IT'S BECAUSE GOD WANTED TO HEAR ME TELL THESE
JOKES.
THIS WOULD ALL BE A MINOR CASE OF RELIGIOUS AND SEXUAL
HYPOCRISY IF IT WASN'T FOR ONE TROUBLING DETAIL.
LAST YEAR, MICHAEL COHEN CLAIMED HE HELPED BURY PERSONAL
PHOTOGRAPHS FOR JERRY FALWELL JR. BEFORE THE EVANGELICAL
LEADER BACKED TRUMP.
HM... SOUNDS LIKE BLACKMAIL.
IN FACT, HERE'S DONALD TRUMP SHAKING THE HAND OF THE POOL
BOY-- AND NO SURPRISE-- FALWELL IS WATCHING.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH BILL AND TED!
STICK AROUND, EVERYBODY.