Stephen Colberttook a moment to apologize toMindy Kaling(and laugh about) an uncomfortable mishap backstage.
Thecomedian, 42,appeared in-studio onThe Late ShowWednesday night to talk season 2 ofNever Have I Ever, now streaming on Netflix, and other current events — including the awkward moment when Colbert, 57, accidentally walked in Kaling’s dressing room while she was changing before the show.
“Now, I’d also like to apologize for earlier,” he said toward the end of the interview, as Kaling replied, “Okay, I didn’t know if you were going to bring it up, and I felt bad bringing this up.”
“So, I was backstage getting changed, and I was just in, like, a pair of pants and my bra,” she began, seeming to allude to her appearance on the show that night.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Chiming in, Colbert said “And I don’t usually do this. I usually wait until the guest’s in the wings, but I thought I would just go [knock and] say, ‘Hey, have a great show!’ so I popped the door open.”
“I knocked,” he said, “but I did that knock and pop at the same time.”
Said theLate Nightactress, “I don’t have any clothes on, and I just thought the whole time, ‘I wish I had worn a sexier bra.’ Because, it was like, you know, he works hard… " As the crowd laughed, Colbert joked, “That’s very thoughtful. So few guests take my feelings into account when I walk in on them undressed.”
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“No, it was entirely my fault,” said Colbert, who made a guest appearance as apriest on Kaling’s showThe Mindy Projectin 2015. “I should have knocked and waited. But your team was great. They hurled themselves in front of you like I was an assassin! I couldn’t have seen anything if I wanted to.”
“They did! I felt likeMeghan Markle! They were like, ‘You will not pass!’ They were really— like you had bad intentions. It’s still Stephen Colbert,” Kaling laughed.
source: people.com
