Stephen Colbert – Vintage Photo

Nation, if you thought that Stephen Colbert was always the dapper, polished, politician ranter that he appears to be on his show, then you might be in for a nice surprise!

Stephen wasn’t always wearing a suit and tie and calling out Bill O’Reilly for his shenanigans on national television. Nope. At one time he looked like a bible salesman circa 1970. Even worse, he could’ve been painting “happy little trees” on public access television.

Listen up, nation, now don’t get distracted by that sparkle in Stephen’s eyes. He’s obviously still got it. And recently, the funnyman confirmed that everyone he interviews knows that he’s in character. In an interview, he said, “No one doesn’t know I’m in character. I tell everyone first. I admire Sacha Baron Cohen, but I am not doing Ali G.”

There has been no official confirmation that the photo is actually Stephen, but it’s uncanny how much it resembles him. If that’s not Stephen Colbert, then he obviously has an evil hippie clone running around out there!

source: Young Stephen Colbert – [buzzfeed]

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