Stephen Colbert: “I Owe Everything to Jon Stewart”

Ann Murray
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Where does an Emmy award-winning comedian go after attending the Emmys? The Comedy Central post-Emmy celeb party of course, the network that took the careers of many comedians to the next level. Only the most hilarious stars were in attendance at the Emmy soirée at STK in Hollywood on Sunday night. Yes, it was a requirement. You had to show your funny card at the door.

South Park’s Trey Parker was the first celeb to arrive and literally got the party started (as he is prone to do, according to several partygoers), and Stephen Colbert was as exuberant as you would expect after his show’s Emmy wins. “I was thrilled, especially for my writers,” he told us before entering the party. “For the 3 that were nominated, winning for writing was the nicest one. I couldn’t do what I was doing without these guys behind me. And girls! I’m so happy for them; they deserve them so much.”
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We were curious to find out what was going through his mind as he realized they had won; “I really thought Jon was gonna win everything this year. My first thought, the first thing we did was we just hugged each other. I was so happy that he was there because I owe everything to him.” Colbert’s award will have a permanent home in his library. “The room [in his home] that was my baby was my library. We have floor to ceiling bookshelf, with the rolling ladder, a Henry Higgins kind of library. On the top, I found out before I left that an Emmy would fit on the top shelf!”

Although she didn’t win, Sarah Silverman was in high spirits, giving us the scoop about what she wore and where her mind was before the show, with her sister in tow. “I’m wearing Fred Segal and H&M! But I had a slight meltdown about what to wear,” she said, in her trademark voice.

Others attendance included Kanye West, who snuck in through a side door to confuse the paparazzi, but once inside, was happy to pose for pics—but restricted pics to just one per photog—as he mingled with Stephen Colbert. The party nearly stopped when it was announced that Prince (the purple one!) would be attending, but unfortunately he didn’t show, and neither did Jon Stewart. But we did talk to one of the younger Daily Show writer, correspondent and now new Emmy winner, Wyatt Cenac, who joked “It’s still a shock. I’ve actually never watched the Emmys so this is still very foreign to me. I’ve avoided the Emmy’s like the plague. It just seems too long and boring, and then five hosts take to the stage and ramble on about nothing. But tonight, they proved to me that it is a horrible waste of time (laughing).” Sounds like trademark Daily Show-speak to us! Funny enough to warrant an Emmy.
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