““Many years ago, I worked as an intern at The Daily Show. It was among the happiest achievements of my young life to that point. I was more than a bit star-struck to be in a space among so many people I respected and admit to being tongue-tied and feeling unworthy in such company. One afternoon, Stephen Colbert came in to the office. His show was about to premiere so he hadn’t spent much time in our studio. As he walked past me at my cubicle, he stopped and said, “You’re a new face, what’s your name?” I didn’t know what to really say, so I replied, “Oh, I’m just an intern.” Colbert looked at me a moment and then said: “Just an intern? Hey, look, everybody starts somewhere. I was just an understudy at one point, but that’s just a point in time. It’s not about where you are now, or even where you hope to go, it’s who you are that matters. I’m Stephen, who are you?” I introduced myself and we shook hands. “Don’t let your place in the world dictate who you are to anyone. We all have the same merit.” Then he was gone, but his words lingered.””

jasminetealeaves:

he’s indeed gay, confirmed in this video by stephen himself (starts at 1:40)

“Stephen” like many characters Stephen likes to play was repressed/in the closet/ambiguously gay. I mean, if you watch any segment something gay tends to happen. There was also the ’How To Ruin Same-Sex Marriage’ segment where “Stephen” details a plan to make a gay man fall for him to the point that they are going to get married only to say no on the wedding day but its very obvious “Stephen” actually falls for the guy (who is named Jonathan, has blue eyes, and is Jewish. Idk who THAT’S based on) and it breaks “Stephen” that he broke Jonathan’s heart and he cries throughout the segment.

Reese Witherspoon throwing ice cream at Meryl Streep