Stephen Colbert Opens Up to Oprah Winfrey

Stephen Colbert opens up to Oprah Winfrey about the tragic loss of his father and two older brothers in a plane crash when he was ten.

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ON CAM- IT'S A SIDE OF STEVE COLBERT YOU'VE NEVER SEEN. IN A NEW INTERVIEW WITH OPRAH - THE OUTSPOKEN TALK SHOW HOST GETS SERIOUS AND OPENS UP ABOUT A TRAGIC LOSS AND WHAT GETS HIM THROUGH IT. Oprah Video Stephen Stills OPRAH CHOSE STEPHEN COLBERT AS THE NEXT GUEST ON HER `NEXT CHAPTER' SHOW, AND LIKE ONLY SHE CAN, THE QUEEN OF TALK GOT HIM TO DISCUSS THE DEVASTATING DEATH OF HIS FATHER AND TWO OLDER BROTHERS IN A PLANE CRASH WHEN HE WAS JUST TEN. AND WHEN SHE ASKED how he got thru the tough time, STEPHEN surprised us by skipping all sarcasm and getting serious. SOT - Clip from Next Chapter - 01:44 Courtesy: OWN 01:44 - O - YOU didn't really grieve them til you were in college, is that true? S- Yeah - well I did in small ways but I didn't really feel the loss til I was in college and ugh, I was in bad shape, I was in bad shape. I went into college at about 185 lbs and by the end of my freshman year I was 135. I was green, I was just green about it. I was just so sad about it. I finally had time to be alone with the idea O - To process it S - Yeah Stephen stills OW stills THOUGH THE COMIC GENIUS CALLS HIS TALK SHOW THE ``JOY MACHINE'' - OPES DEFINITELY KNEW THERE WAS A DEEPER ANSWER HIDDEN BEHIND ALL THAT WIT. SOT - Clip from Next Chapter - 03:36 Courtesy: OWN 03:36 - O - OK, so what brings you the biggest joy? S - Oh the deepest joy would be to be with my wife and children O- Like today when you were out with your kids? Absolutely. My sons and I built a wooden boat and my oldest son peter was out there working the tiller for the first time with a prop engine and that was pure joy Broll of the two together - two shot at 01:19 Courtesy: OWN WOW - ITS NICE TO SEE MR. COLBERT REALLY IS HUMAN LIKE THE REST OF US. AND LEAVE IT TO OPRAH TO BE THE ONLY WHO COULD PROVE IT.