Stephen Colbert shares a powerful message of hope from his back porch

"I rely on you so much."
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Stephen Colbert shares a powerful message of hope from his back porch
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Stephen Colbert's self-isolation monologues are getting more and more ambitious. On the first day we had a 10-minute update from his bathtub, but now we've moved on to the full, 15-minute shebang — additional segments and all.

On today's Late Show menu are a host of jokes about politics, Cats, social distancing, and a woman who accidentally washed her hands with a block of cheese.

There's also a final message of hope.

"Everywhere you look, people are looking after each other," says Colbert. "Getting food or cleaning supplies for their neighbors, regardless of what that neighbor's politics are. Democrat, Republican, socialist — it doesn't matter right now. We can still disagree about many things, but this crisis has driven home — literally, home — the truth that this is one great nation, united by our belief in, and our need for, each other."

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Sam Haysom

Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.


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