Neil DeGrasse Tyson busts out a #puberme photo live on Colbert and it's perfect levels of awkward

He just happened to be walking by!
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Neil DeGrasse Tyson busts out a #puberme photo live on Colbert and it's perfect levels of awkward
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The #puberme saga continues with a live appearance.

Colbert's #puberme fundraising campaign continued last night with more roundups of Colbert's favourite awkward teen celebrity pics. Highlights included tiny Tony Hale, an adorable young Jack Black, and a spectacularly gawky John Oliver. If you look closely you can see Colbert's prepped quips noted down in black marker on the backs of the photos. Ah, the glamour of showbiz.

Colbert looks just about done when America's favourite scientist (sorry Bill Nye) Neil DeGrasse Tyson popped into the studio in person, wielding a picture of his teenage self. It does not disappoint.

This ream of celebrity photos is part of a fundraising drive by Colbert for the victims of hurricanes Harvey and Maria. For every teenage celebrity snap he will donate $1,000 from the profits of his new line of Ben and Jerry's, 'Stephen Colbert's American Dream.'

An embarrassing photo of a teenage astrophysicist has never been used for a nobler cause.


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