# I am worried about Steven Colbert **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 21, 2018, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-worried-about-steven-colbert/816514 "2018-06-21T15:37:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-worried-about-steven-colbert/816514/1 "2018-06-21T15:37:18Z")
I do not generally watch US TV. After all, I am not generally in the US. I do like Steven Colbert. I was a little worried about him before, from the few times I saw him when I was on vacation. Now I can put my finger on it. I just saw his last few monologues. Gee, he talks about drinking heavily a lot. I seem to recall him doing that before too. On one hand, I would welcome your thoughts. On the other hand, this thread appears as a matter of record in the event we do discover he has a problem. I hope I am wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-worried-about-steven-colbert/816514/2 "2018-06-21T15:43:24Z")
MOST of us talk about drinking heavily a lot. Since…hmmmmm…early November, 2016, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-worried-about-steven-colbert/816514/3 "2018-06-21T16:02:35Z")
I talk about drinking heavily. And I honestly can’t remember the last time I had an alcoholic beverage. For me, it’s schtick - like when I’ve had a rough day at work, I’ll make a comment about heading for Happy Hour. I have a bottle of Kahlua that’s been in the cabinet since _\_ 2013 or 14? It might be half full. Kahlua and cream is my beverage of choice - so you can figure how often I choose it. Not to say that Colbert lives as I do, but I think that’s more likely than finding out he’s a drunk. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-worried-about-steven-colbert/816514/4 "2018-06-21T16:05:56Z")
I’d be more worried if he _wasn’t_ talking about it. See Jimmy Fallon who rarely talked about drinking but actually had a problem. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-worried-about-steven-colbert/816514/5 "2018-06-21T16:12:19Z")
UCD Diver has a good point. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-worried-about-steven-colbert/816514/6 "2018-06-21T16:26:52Z")
He’s Catholic; it’s a cultural thing. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-worried-about-steven-colbert/816514/7 "2018-06-21T16:36:15Z")
Colbert is OK I think. There’s this guy who really needs help though. I think his name is Foster Brooks. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-worried-about-steven-colbert/816514/8 "2018-06-21T16:45:59Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > I’d be more worried if he _wasn’t_ talking about it. See Jimmy Fallon who rarely talked about drinking but actually had a problem. Fallon actually drinks on his show all the time. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-worried-about-steven-colbert/816514/9 "2018-06-21T17:50:58Z")
Yeah, his drinking is clearly out of hand. He was supposed to give it up for Lent this spring but he was still tippling on the show. He has a stash near his desk with a bunch of bottles of liquor and he usually ends his show walking out to the lobby and having a drink. The man has a problem. Trump is not an excuse to be non-stop drunk. For someone with his job, being sober is a must. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-worried-about-steven-colbert/816514/10 "2018-06-21T17:56:58Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > I’d be more worried if he _wasn’t_ talking about it. See Jimmy Fallon who rarely talked about drinking but actually had a problem. He did? I had no idea. I don’t follow any late nite stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-worried-about-steven-colbert/816514/11 "2018-06-21T18:34:56Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > He did? I had no idea. I don’t follow any late nite stuff. Oh yeah. See [this interview with Jennifer Lawrence](https://youtu.be/Zr8R4y5QFDo) where he breaks out a bottle of rum and two glasses, and they both dip into it pretty heavily. They start around the three-minute mark, and Jennifer’s getting pretty happy by the end. The whole thing is great. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-worried-about-steven-colbert/816514/12 "2018-06-21T18:36:59Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > MOST of us talk about drinking heavily a lot. > > Since…hmmmmm…early November, 2016, anyway. No, only half of us. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-worried-about-steven-colbert/816514/13 "2018-06-21T19:04:28Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > And I honestly can’t remember the last time I had an alcoholic beverage. A statement that could be equally true from a dedicated tea-totaller or a black-out drunk. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-worried-about-steven-colbert/816514/14 "2018-06-21T19:14:28Z")
Good point… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-worried-about-steven-colbert/816514/15 "2018-06-21T19:34:14Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Yeah, his drinking is clearly out of hand. > > He was supposed to give it up for Lent this spring but he was still tippling on the show. > > He has a stash near his desk with a bunch of bottles of liquor and he usually ends his show walking out to the lobby and having a drink. > > The man has a problem. > > Trump is not an excuse to be non-stop drunk. For someone with his job, being sober is a must. Since Jimmy Fallon’s drinking problem has been brought up, I’ve got to ask you to clarify your antecedents (I don’t know of Fallon being Catholic – not that that’s a necessity for someone to be observing Lent, but it does point more to Colbert, in which case I’d like to see a cite). ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-worried-about-steven-colbert/816514/16 "2018-06-21T20:01:59Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Trump is not an excuse to be non-stop drunk. For someone with his job, being sober is a must. Late night talk show host? I’d put that near the top of the list of jobs where being sober is optional. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-worried-about-steven-colbert/816514/17 "2018-06-21T20:26:22Z")
I have not evidence for this, but I suspect that Stephen Colbert jokes about drinking much more than he drinks to excess in real life. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-worried-about-steven-colbert/816514/18 "2018-06-21T20:58:52Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I have not evidence for this, but I suspect that Stephen Colbert jokes about drinking much more than he drinks to excess in real life. Ditto. He’s kind of a square in real life. Doesn’t do a whole lot of hobnobbing with Hollywood types. (Or so I’ve been told.) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-worried-about-steven-colbert/816514/19 "2018-06-21T20:59:56Z")
It’s a schtick. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-worried-about-steven-colbert/816514/20 "2018-06-21T22:06:50Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I have not evidence for this, but I suspect that Stephen Colbert jokes about drinking much more than he drinks to excess in real life. I agree. Also plenty of his jokes are not written by him, but by a collection of writers. Comedy writers are not exactly known for being teetotalers (except of course [Elliott Kalan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_Kalan)). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-worried-about-steven-colbert/816514.md?page=2)