Bullfighting

Subject in Society & Culture

Bullfighting has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including SmartLess. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.

What people said

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
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

"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.