Stephen Colbert, my favorite faux blowhard, is certainly getting a lot of mileage out of picking celebrity feuds (our Rachel Sklar has been all over this story). Along with his hyper-hyped aqua-tiff with "rebel billionaire" Richard Branson, there have been public throw downs with Brian Williams and Katie Couric over their willingness to show their support for wristiness by wearing one of the WristStrong ™ bracelets Colbert has been flogging since breaking his left wrist in June.
Now I'm all for the promotion of wristal health but, really Stephen, don't you think you are milking your injury just a tad? I mean, how big a deal is a broken wrist -- especially a left wrist? I broke my ankle - a weight bearing bone, mind you -- in July but you don't see me bitching and moaning every day about "ankliness," and trying to get every celebrity I meet to put on a little rubber anklet, do you? Hey, wait a minute, that gives me an idea: AnkleStrong ™. I like it!
So what do you say, Colbert? Are you man enough to admit the negligible nature of your affliction and stand up for ankleal health (no easy task when you have a broken ankle)? Let me know. And, by the way, can you get me the number of the company that makes your bracelets? See you in physical therapy, chump.
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I, too, broke my ankle this year. I'm with you, sister - he made far too big a deal out of it - even though the bracelet is for a good cause.
My problem with Colbert and his injury was the depiction of pain killers.
He was shown chewing them and crushing them and downing them by the fistfull.
He portrayed one becoming addicted to opiates.
Anyone whose been there will tell you its fun.
But its not funny.
And getting up out off the hole is a lot harder than diving in.
I got battle scars baby
Not only did he take this wrist thing too far...he duped us into thinking that we should all have these freaking bracelets....
I tried for days to find them online, only to find fake ones on ebay, and then when I finally saw that they were available at CC, now I wont get them until Sept 18th.
I had to order 20 just to hold up my limp wrists, since they got so sore trying typing to find them online, and now I have to wait and type with my toes for 3 weeks? I will need anklestrong anklets. One brown, one blue to match my miss matched socks...
I feel bad for ya Stephen- but this leftie won't be doing you any favors either. You're just going to have to depend on that righty,
" Rosy" and her four swing sisters :)
Scorned by your own left wing !!! The travesty !!
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And the bit with him wearing a plastic collar so he doesn't chew on the cast!
Criticizing him for exactly what makes the bit funny just shows that you didn't get the joke. Kind of like the conservatives who go on the show and are convinced he's "one of them" until he hits them with some ridiculous statement that's actually a logical outgrowth of conservative philosophy.
And he's giving all the money to charity.
Lighten up.