Stephen Colbert‘s dance strikes went viral over the weekend after a video was shared of him getting his groove on with Oprah Winfrey.
The discuss present host addressed the viral video on Monday’s (December 16) episode of The Late Present, noting, “I broke the web dancing with Oprah at Gayle King‘s celebration. Not solely did I bust a transfer, I may need torn a hamstring.”
As Colbert identified, the dance came about at a shock celebration for CBS Mornings host Gayle King, who is ready to have a good time her seventieth birthday on December 28. Oprah, who’s a long-time greatest buddy of King, put collectively the social gathering and invited Colbert and his spouse, Evie.
Oprah shared the dance-floor video on her Instagram web page, writing, “A time was had on the dance ground of @gayleking’s shock seventieth celebration due to @djsussone! @stephenathome has some strikes together with his triple pirouette.”
“It was a beautiful night time,” Colbert mentioned on Monday’s Late Present. “Evie and I had been honored to have been invited, and when everybody was out on the dance ground, Evie mentioned, ‘Look, no-one’s dancing with Oprah. Go ask Oprah to bounce.’”
“So I bought up, and I did, and Oprah posted it straight to her Insta,” he continued. “Sources are saying this vacation season, I’m Oprah’s favourite factor.”
Colbert added, “I considered twirling Oprah, however I instantly realized you don’t twirl Oprah. You twirl for Oprah. Or, as she referred to as it, my ‘triple piroutte.’ Evie has a barely totally different title for that transfer, it’s the ‘Stephen, please cease.’”
“Omg, how did I not see this on the weekend? Like it! And love you, Stephen,” wrote one fan on Instagram.
“I can simply hear Evie telling you to cease. However however, your strikes seemed fabulous. And you may say you danced with Oprah!” mentioned one other.
“Wow, you may have some strikes Colbert,” one other added.
One other joked, “Audition tape for Dancing with the celebs.”
Oprah additionally shared a video of the second the shock social gathering was sprung on King, which despatched the TV anchor stumbling backwards in shock.
“My bestie of fifty years is popping 70 so we gathered everybody that liked her to have a good time,” Oprah captioned the publish. “Arduous factor to shock her, O the tales we’ve made up, the lies we’ve advised to maintain this a secret. Completely satisfied birthday @gayleking, sorry we nearly gave you a coronary heart assault.”
“You’d react that manner too if you happen to noticed John Dickerson bounce out of a cake,” Colbert quipped, referring to King’s former co-host.
The Late Present With Stephen Colbert, Weeknights, 11:35/10:35 c, CBS