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Stephen Colbert: I Could Never Play Right-Wing ‘Colbert Report’ Character Under Trump

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During a wide-ranging conversation with writers and producers, Stephen Colbert explains why he could never return to his right-wing persona in the Trump era.

As he took the stage at Carnegie Hall as part of the New York Comedy Festival’s “Behind the Laughter” panel Thursday night, Stephen Colbert introduced himself and asked one of his many writers and producers seated in a semicircle of stools, “What’s behind the laughter?” 

“Tears,” head writer Opus Moreschi deadpanned...

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