Stephen Colbert Said "Twat" On The Today Show

After a delightful interview promoting his role in Monsters And Aliens, in which Stephen wished harm upon Matt Lauer ("Every year I get this thrill of excitement when I think maybe you've lost Matt Lauer") and ridiculed Meredith for suggesting he was an egomaniac ("Have you seen my show? Have you been listening to this interview?") But the best part was the only part NBC edited out of the interview before putting it online: the end, when, in preparation for the next dumb segment about Twitter, Meredith asks Stephen if he's ever Twittered and Stephen smiles an impish grin and says "I've twatted.":

I like how Meredith tries to save it by saying "Actually, so have I," but then goes back to whispering "Oh my god":

Here's the entire interview, minus that part, which they just totally cut out:

Saying "twatted" on live network TV probably doesn't break any FCC rules (and it's the oldest Twitter joke in the book), but the censorship actually makes them look more guilty. Congratulations to Stephen. That stunt was clearly planned.

Posted by Lindsay at 11:15 AM in Awkward Live TV, Morning Zoo
Tags: Meredith Vieira | Stephen Colbert | The Colbert Report | The Today Show

8 Comments

So have I"?" MEREDITH. I love Colbert's reaction to that way more. He like, choked on the awesomeness of the moment.

Posted by: jessibooks at 03/19/09 12:30 PM | Reply
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:53, the face he makes is the cutest thing ever, seriously.

Posted by: indybree at 03/19/09 12:33 PM | Reply
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I caught it this morning, brilliant. If this isn't on the Soup then someone isn't doing there job.

Posted by: Tom at 03/19/09 12:39 PM | Reply
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The irony being that the Book of Twitter Jokes is about 3 weeks old. (If you're going to go by the point when the phrase "Do y'all know what this 'Twitter' is?" reached maximum saturation on TV.)

Posted by: Chadams at 03/19/09 2:36 PM | Reply
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I haven't seen Monsters & Aliens yet of course, but I can already say that they should have had more Colbert in it.

Posted by: Genevieve at 03/19/09 3:41 PM | Reply
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It seems like the proper past tense.

Posted by: jace at 03/22/09 4:22 PM | Reply
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i would agree. popular usage dictates what the past tense form would be.

and colbert is nothing if not popular.

Posted by: adelwarth at 03/24/09 6:08 PM | Reply
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Best thing to ever happen to Twitter.
http://democralypsenow.blogspot.com/2009/03/twitter-dee-twitter-dum.html

Posted by: wickedlittledoll at 03/27/09 9:25 PM | Reply
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