What Stephen Colbert has said about Bullfighting

2 quotes · 1 episode · Apr 6, 2026

Stephen Colbert, American comedian and host of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, has been quoted on Bullfighting 2 times in 1 episode of SmartLess, most recently on April 6, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

  • Colbert said he would eat a bull but objects to taunting one to death for sport.

    “I'll put a bolt stunner in their head and bleed them out. And then I'll grind them up. But I wouldn't want anyone in tight pants to taunt it to death”

    SmartLess: "Stephen Colbert" (Apr 6, 2026) · Listen from 48:48

  • Colbert recounted that his mother stood and cheered for the bull at a Madrid bullfight, which he attributed to her Hemingway fandom.

    “my mother stood up as the bull was being dragged off and yelled, Viva El Toro! And I'm like, you're from Larchmont”

    SmartLess: "Stephen Colbert" (Apr 6, 2026) · Listen from 49:38

Episodes

  • "Stephen Colbert"

    SmartLess · Apr 6, 2026 · 1 h 5 min

    Stephen Colbert joins the SmartLess hosts for their 300th episode to discuss sketch-comedy beginnings, the end of his Late Show, and Lord of the Rings fandom.

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