Colbert Says "Twat" On The Today Show; Makes Meredith Vieira Squirm (VIDEO)

Can I just say a small thank god for Videogum? Without them we would never have known what a Japanese man in blackface dressed as Obama looked like or how a remake of "Cops" for kids would make us feel. Now they've found this video of Stephen Colbert making Meredith Vieira fabulously uncomfortable.

Colbert was on the show to discuss his upcoming film, "Monsters and Aliens." He chatted with Vieira for a while doing his usual schtick (hating on Lauer, asking Meredith if she's been paying attention during the interview) until our host tried to make a smooth transition to an upcoming segment on Twitter by asking Colbert if he'd ever tweeted. He responded "I have twatted."

A shocked Vieira muttered, "Oh my gosh. Well, actually, so have I." Which sounds kind of dirty considering she realized his transgression. The folks behind the scenes crack up and you can hear Vieira saying "oh my god" as they go to break. It's no Jane-Fonda-saying-the-c-word, but it made us chuckle.

This was cut out of the official online version, but it was too late, the internet already saw it.

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Comments

[ojim]

ROTFL

[adv2int]

I couldn't stop laughing when I saw the vid., and his facial expression afterwards was too funny lol.

[dillydawg]

Meredith squirm? Please, she can make the most foul mouth sailor blush. What a fake.

[alwaysthere]

some twats are prudes

everyone knows that !

[MPeter]

Mr. Colbert has twatted...lol.

[vigwig]

His goofy face after he said it is even funnier.

[lizr]

I think it's kind of piggy for Colbert - who I used to be a fan of.

[ecto plasm]

Lighten up. He intentionally conjugated a verb incorrectly in a way that provoked a Freudian response. There is nothing inherently offensive about the word "twatted" outside of what the listener imbues it with. It is, in fact, a nonsense word that Spellcheck will castigate you for using, and Thesaurus will provide no synonyms for.

[marred]

how about "Clitter"? Have you been "Clitted" lately?

[Halford]

Twitter is lame and practically useless.
Twatter, on the other hand, would be a
vastly more useful and interesting technology.

[rockyrococoAZ]

How LAME!

[booboo111]

I think Meredith might have been twatilated.

[Meah]

He said Twatter.

[wagthedog1001]

"So have I." LOL

[nolabels]

Is she gay? Why did she say that? Hilarious.

[lizr]

probably just trying to recover. I think it was incredibly insulting and beneath him.

Pisses me off.

[Craig1982]

that was hilarious. anyways why are people on there high horse about how they think twitter is stupid. guaranteed in 2 months you'll jump on the bandwagon and deny you said it just like the losers that you are.

[KillgoreTrout43]

Twitter IS stupid.

[whatthel]

Spawning a whole generation of carpal tunnel thumbs.

[japobere]

YOU'RE stupid.

Your logic is undeniable.

[Pleneras]

I agree. Can't have a normal response with one line.

[Morgan Squiers]

I believe I was the first to point this out. Glad that it got picked up by you huffpost, I feel like i contributed to the news.

[Morgan Squiers]

Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/19/colbert-talks-politics-pi_n_176838.html?show_comment_id=22110100#comment_22110100

[BannedInBoston]

Sure -- it's just the conjugation of the verb "To tweet":

Tweet, t w a t ted, have t w a t ted

Colbert was quite correct, as always.