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08/24/2007
Richard Branson Soaks Stephen Colbert
Remember that Nickelodeon show “You Can’t Do That On Television?” Where irreverent teens cracked jokes, ridiculed one other, and slimed and sprayed water on themselves? Yeah, well it’s back. Except this time with adult billionaires in suits, in the recent interview on the Colbert Report -- otherwise known as the “Colbert-Branson Trainwreck Interview.”
Now, last week we spotlighted the tongue –in–cheek Superbad meltdown interview. But this one, folks, featuring “rebel billionaire" Richard Branson, president of the newly launched Virgin America Airlines, is, without a doubt, entirely real. From the unscripted jibes back and forth to the full-blown water fight (a la Wild n’ Crazy Kids), this truly is an interview gone out of control.
After generously naming the first airplane in the fleet “Air Colbert,” Branson gets heated when Stephen Colbert’s gift of gab gets in the way of plugging his airline. And despite the friendly-ish handshakes at the show’s end, the lesson learned is clear: DON’T PISS OFF BILLIONAIRES. (And never put real coffee in a mug on stage!)
