Jane Fonda | Ice Land

Summary

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The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

Episode: Jane Fonda | Ice Land

Date: January 22, 2026
Guest: Jane Fonda

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Episode Overview

This episode of The Late Show Pod Show delivers the signature sharp wit and cultural commentary of Stephen Colbert, focusing on the absurdities of the political climate, specifically Donald Trump’s reported confusion between Greenland and Iceland at the World Economic Forum. The show then pivots to a meaningful and impassioned interview with Jane Fonda, who discusses her revival of the Committee for the First Amendment, the importance of civic engagement, the threats of authoritarianism, and the responsibilities shared by all Americans in defending fundamental rights.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Monologue: Arctic Humor and Political Satire

(01:04 – 12:46)

• Colbert riffs on the frigid weather blanketing the US, tying in national resiliency and poking fun at Texas with:

  "So they’re officially updating the state slogan to, 'I swear everything usually looks bigger in Texas.'" (02:02)

• Donald Trump’s reported confusion between Iceland and Greenland at Davos becomes a comedic centerpiece. Colbert highlights the mix-up, referencing Trump's imperial ambitions and diminishing grasp of reality:

  "He’s on an imperial conquest and he can’t even remember what he wants to conquer." (04:19)

• Colbert mocks Trump’s threat of force to acquire Greenland, and his self-aggrandizing claims regarding NATO and historical victories:

  "That is not how you pronounce the name of that country. Try again." (07:42)

• Satire of international responses:

  • Danish and Greenlandic pushback to Trump’s rhetoric.
  • Imaginary Canadian military preparations provide comedic relief:

    "Canada was supposed to be our escape from all this. What’s he going to invade next? Heated rivalry and a weed gummy before bed." (11:33)

Notable Quotes

• Colbert:

  "Nope. No one ever needs a dictator. There’s a reason you never see ads that say, anybody want a hemorrhoid?" (08:17)

• About Trump’s weapons brag:

  "We have amazing sonic weaponry. I shouldn't talk about it, but it’s called the Miami Sound Machine." (09:06)

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2. Interview: Jane Fonda on the Committee for the First Amendment

(13:58 – 26:56)

Jane Fonda’s Activism & Historical Context

• Introduction:

  • Fonda is lauded as a two-time Oscar winner and outspoken activist, wearing a “RESIST” T-shirt.
  • She explains the history of the Committee for the First Amendment—a group formed in Hollywood during the late '40s as a response to the McCarthy-era witch hunts:

    "They hunted down people… suspected [of being] anti-American.… We can affect how people think. You know, we can model courage. They didn’t like that." (15:07)

• Role of the Committee:

  • Original mission was to fight for freedom of speech and oppose blacklisting in the arts.
  • Now relaunching to combat rising authoritarianism, boasting thousands of new members:

    “We relaunched the committee on October 1st. We now have 6,000 members." (16:30)

• Historic Clip:

  • Colbert and Fonda introduce a recording of Judy Garland from the original “Hollywood Fights Back” radio show, arguing for Americans’ rights of expression:

    Judy Garland: “It’s something else again to say we’re not good Americans. We resent that.” (18:06)

Modern Threats to Rights and Call to Action

• Parallels to Present Day:

  • Fonda warns that today’s authoritarian tactics are more widespread and dangerous than 70 years ago.

  • Cites present abuses: government kidnapping, illegal deportations, unlawful home entries, and violence:

    "They are kidnapping people. They are illegally deporting American citizens.” (19:18)

  • Emphasizes non-partisanship:

    "It’s not a question of right or left. I don’t care what party you belong to. It’s a question of right or wrong. Right?… Our loved ones fought and many died for these freedoms." (19:48)

• Concrete Steps for Listeners:

  • Join organizations like Indivisible, energize local groups (churches, garden clubs, etc.), and seek out resources such as "Freedom Trainers" to learn organizing skills under authoritarian threats.
  • Encourages solidarity and never acting alone:

    "Let’s show that we really are the land of the free. We’re the majority… Tyrants are never as strong as we think they are and people are way stronger than we think they are." (21:47)

Notable Quotes

• Jane Fonda:

  “We should be in charge. If the government is not meeting the needs of its people, there’s something wrong.” (19:16)
  “If we let [our rights] go now, they won’t be there later when we need them back.” (19:54)

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3. Personal Stories & Cultural Commentary

(23:49 – 26:56)

• Colbert reflects on privilege:

  • Citing that white Americans are now facing forms of government overreach minority communities have long known:

    “One of the things you said just now was that while minority communities have actually known oppression… those of us in the white community don’t understand, this is for everybody in the United States now.” (23:49)

• Fonda’s experiences in the Soviet Union:

  • Shares first-hand knowledge of life under an authoritarian regime:

    “You do not want to live in that kind of community. You try to look at television, it’s so boring… I saw them bulldozing an impressionistic art exhibit because they didn’t allow impressionism.” (24:26)

• Film recommendations:

  • Fonda praises the movie Hamnet:

    "It’s a gem of a film. It is a perfect film… You will see performances like you've never seen before." (25:26)

Memorable Moment

• The “kiss” story:
  • Fonda brings up a humorous moment from a past appearance, recalling when she kissed Colbert on the show. Colbert responds with a personal anecdote about bringing roses home to his wife after the episode:

    Fonda: "Remember when I kissed you?" (25:54)
    Colbert: "You didn’t so much kiss me as you got on my lap and you kind of nibbled my ear over here… and yeah, I do remember that." (26:04)
    Colbert: "I brought the flowers home to my wife, Evie… she goes, ‘Why do I have these?’ And I said, ‘Well, Jane Fonda was on the show tonight.’ And she goes, ‘I don’t want them. Give them to Jane.’" (26:18)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Monologue – “Ice Land” and Trump Satire: 01:04 – 12:46
• Introduction of Jane Fonda & Committee for the First Amendment: 13:58
• History & Mission of the Committee: 15:07 – 17:41
• Judy Garland Archival Audio: 17:41 – 18:43
• Fonda on Authoritarianism Today & Call to Organize: 19:16 – 21:54
• Colbert & Fonda on Current Climate and Privilege: 23:49 – 25:26
• Film Recommendations & Personal Story: 25:26 – 26:48

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Summary

This episode is a blend of biting satire about the American and global political climate, with Stephen Colbert using humor to underline the anxieties of the moment. The interview with Jane Fonda is deeply reflective, linking historical activism with current threats to democracy and emphasizing individual and collective action. Fonda’s personal experience adds urgency and credibility, culminating in calls to solidarity and resistance echoing both past and present struggles for freedom. The episode is both entertaining and an urgent rallying cry in defense of American rights and values.

Transcript

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[Hank]

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[Stephen Colbert]

Thanks everybody. Thank you kindly one and all. Welcome in here, up there, out there, all around the world. Welcome to the Late Show. I'm your host, Stephen Colbert. Folks. Listen to that. Right? Yeah.

[Donald Trump]

Listen to that.

[Stephen Colbert]

Fortitude. I want to salute everyone in this audience tonight who braved frigid temperatures here in New York City. Give yourselves a hand. Give yourselves a hand. If you are able to do this. That means the frostbite did not take your fingers. Congratulations. Not just New York. Huge swath of the country is now under an arctic air mass. So for the record, Greenland attacked first. Okay? They had it coming. You want a piece of us? Cause we want a piece of you. Freezing weather is even hitting down south this weekend. The forecast calls for ice and snow as far south as Texas. Yeah. So they're officially updating the state slogan to. I swear everything usually looks bigger in Texas. You know what I'm talking about? We're all adults. Upper Midwest is also getting hit hard this weekend. Temperatures in Minneapolis are expected to plunge to around 0 degrees, which could hinder the Trump administration's continuing immigration platform. Listen, I get it. I get it. I understand the feeling. I understand the feeling, everybody. I understand those ice agents are doing terrible things up there, but they are human beings. So hopefully, and I mean this with respect. No, come on, we can't be like that. I mean this with respect. I hope their dongs freeze and snap off like a. Like a graham cracker. Of course, overseas, there's a different chill in the air cuz Donald Trump is burning bridges at an astounding and irreparable pace. Whatever happens next, America is never going to regain the world's trust because we're not just going through a couple of rough weeks or months or even years. The whole world is living through a period of momentous and harrowing change. As Bob Dylan once sang, other times they ARR. Kill me. He's truly a poet. Nobel Prize. Nobel Prize. He got a Nobel Prize. Today Trump spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos in Switzerland. And he wasted no time confirming the that his brain real broke. Cuz here's what happened when the President tried to talk about the territory he wants to grab, which is again, Greenland.

[Donald Trump]

I'm helping Europe, I'm helping NATO. And until the last few days, when I told them about Iceland, they loved me. I don't know that they'd be there for us. They're not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you. I mean, our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland's already cost us a lot of money.

[Stephen Colbert]

Dear Lord. He's on an imperial conquest and he can't even remember what he wants to conquer. A president hadn't been this addled since Reagan at the Berlin Wall. Mr. Gorbachev, I am in France. Yeah. When one of the journalists who was attending the summit at Davos, a woman named Libby Dean tweeted that Trump called Greenland Iceland multiple times. Caroline Levitt responded, no, he didn't, Libby. His written remarks referred to Greenland as a piece of ice because that's what it is. You're the only one mixing anything up here. That is some Grade A Big Brother propaganda. As George Orwell. As George Orwell wrote in 1984, War is peace, freedom is slavery. Caroline Levitt is a dumbass. Yes.

[Hank]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

Eventually, Trump did remember the thing he won't stop talking about and just why he wants it so bad.

[Donald Trump]

So what we have gotten out of NATO is nothing except to protect Europe from the Soviet Union and now Russia. And all we're asking for is to get Greenland.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yes. That's all. That's all we're asking for. Just one measly Greenland. For far too long. For far too long. Something that I've wanted has not been mine. And I never asked for anything other than everything that I want. And once you give it to me, I promise I'll forget you ever gave me anything. Cause it all, all goes to the hole in my soul that can never be filled. You can, you can shovel. You can shovel everything you want. Give me, give me. Aha. Give me. Ah, ah. Just shovel anything you want into that pit, it just gurgles and burps. Then Trump made a major announcement.

[Donald Trump]

Sort of, we probably won't get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength and force where we would be frankly unstoppable. But I won't do that. I don't have to use force. I don't want to use force. I won't use force.

[Stephen Colbert]

He's going to use force or anything else he wants, and he thinks they should thank him. Cuz Trump gave his European audience a little history lesson.

[Donald Trump]

And then after the war, which we won, we won it big. Without us right now, you'd all be speaking German.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yes. Without us, you Germans would probably be speaking German right now. And the Portuguese would probably be speaking what sounds like Spanish going through a garbage disposal. Before he left, Trump begged one more time for that Nobel Peace Prize.

[Donald Trump]

I settled eight other wars. India, Pakistan. I mean, I settled other wars that were. Vladimir Putin called me Armenian. Aber Baijan.

[Stephen Colbert]

That. That is not how you pronounce the name of that country. Try again.

[Donald Trump]

I said I'm.

[Stephen Colbert]

No, no, no.

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One more try.

[Donald Trump]

Iceland.

[Stephen Colbert]

There you go. Later on, Trump gave his review of his own speech and he veered into some disturbing territory.

[Donald Trump]

We had a good speech. We got great reviews. I can't believe it. We got good reviews in that speech. Usually they say he's a horrible dictator type person. I'm a dictator. But sometimes you need a dictator.

[Stephen Colbert]

No. Nope. No one ever needs a dictator. There's a reason you never see ads that say, anybody want a hemorrhoid? As if he wasn't on camera enough. Today, before taking off for Davos, Trump did a little interview with the news station News Nation, and he was asked about the weapons that they use down in Venezuela.

[Donald Trump]

There was a weapon used, a sonic.

[Stephen Colbert]

Weapon that took out many of the.

[Donald Trump]

Cuban bodyguards that were used to defend Maduro. Lots of people saw the details about that weapon and were concerned. Nobody else has it. We have weapons that nobody knows about. And I say it's probably good not to talk about it, but we have some amazing weapons.

[Stephen Colbert]

We have amazing sonic weaponry. I shouldn't talk about it, but it's called the Miami Sound Machine. And the Cuban guards couldn't resist. You know why? The rhythm is going to get them. That's why it's going to see this in the bongo. One hand, one hand doesn't move at all. It's still. This hand does, and that hand comes in. Regardless of what Trump says, the rest of the world is still preparing for him. To use force on Greenland. Yesterday, one Danish politician responded to to Trump's threats against his country. Let me put this in words you might understand, Mr. President.

[Donald Trump]

Off.

[Hank]

What?

[Jane Fonda]

How?

[Stephen Colbert]

No idea. Okay. Okay. Yeah. What I want, I think I. I want some more Danish slams. Mr. President, what's the difference between you and Hans Christian Andersen's classic fairy tale, the Ugly Duckling? The duckling. Boom. Gargle my. Umlau, Greenland. Greenland. You know the country in question, Greenland is also on high alert. Yesterday their prime minister told residents they must be prepared for a US invasion. And the people of Greenland are already pushing back on Trump. So we have Putin on one side doing what he wants to and Donald Trump on the other side doing the exact same thing. The things that comes out of his mouth, it's just insane. We are not interested in being Americans. Okay, I get why you're angry. But before you say you're not interested in being American, have you heard about the new Applebee's Om Cheeseburger. What if your burger. What if your cheeseburger was sliced in half in a factory accident, then started drowning in a shallow pool of cheese and the only way to save it was mouth to mouth? Yum. Suscitation. I tell you folks, I'm gonna miss this country. If this madness isn't mad enough for you, it gets more. Reportedly Canada is prepping a response to a hypothetical US military invasion.

[Donald Trump]

No.

[Stephen Colbert]

Canada was supposed to be our escape from all this. What's he going to invade next? Heated rivalry and a weed gummy before bed. Of course it's no secret. Canada has been gathering intel on the US for years. And now one of their top spies is stealing secrets from one of our astronauts. The Canadian military took a second. Does that take a second? Don't worry about it. Canadian military is gaming out the creation of a 400,000 plus strong reserve force to fend off a US occupation. And we have footage of the Canadians building their fortifications. Stones help weigh down the base. This is all. This is all. This is all so bizarre. Or as they say in Canada, bizzur. Our countries haven't been in armed conflict against each other since the War of 1812, which ended with the British defending Canada by destroying the White House. Which you'll never be able to do. This time Canada. Cause we beat you to it. We got a great show for you tonight.

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[Stephen Colbert]

Welcome back. My guest tonight, ladies and gentlemen. Sit folks. My first guest this evening is a two time Academy award winner and outspoken political activist. She just relaunched the committee for the first amendment. Please welcome back to the late show. Jane Fonda. Good to see you again. Good to see you again. Thank you for being here.

[Jane Fonda]

I. Yes, ma'.

[Donald Trump]

Am.

[Jane Fonda]

I want to thank you.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yes, ma'.

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[Jane Fonda]

I want to thank you for your courage. You're so brave.

[Stephen Colbert]

Oh, and the jokes too. I hope, I hope for the two.

[Jane Fonda]

Of you, you're two of the most important things. You're funny and you're brave.

[Stephen Colbert]

Oh, you're funny and that's a killer comment. I don't know about the brave car, but thanks very much. Very kind. Listen, let's for the people, somebody might be listening to this on the podcast tomorrow. You're wearing a T shirt that says resist right now. They can't see that. And as part of that idea, you're for folks at home who may not. What is the committee for the first Amendment and why did you feel it was important to restart it?

[Jane Fonda]

Restart it? Yes. In the late 40s and early 50s, Joseph McCarthy in the 50s and the House UN American Activities Committee in the late 40s tried to destroy, they hunted down people that they suspected were anti American. And of course they always start with the universities, the educational system and artists into people's heads. We can affect how people think. You know, we can model courage. They didn't like that. And so. Yeah. And so they destroyed you Know, they put people in prison and destroyed careers. And so a group in Hollywood, my father was a part of it. Henry Fonda. Here's a photo of some of them.

[Stephen Colbert]

Some of them. This is the. The committee for the First Amendment in D.C. in October of 1947. Among the people in this photo are your. Are your dad also. No, your dad's not. Is he in here?

[Jane Fonda]

No, he's not there.

[Stephen Colbert]

He's not in this. But other people are. Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Danny Cage, John Houston, Paul and Reed. Other people here. And what did the group do?

[Jane Fonda]

Well, they had a radio show called Hollywood Fights Back. And I think we have a. We got a recording from one of their shows.

[Stephen Colbert]

I love this. You want to set this up and let us know who this is?

[Jane Fonda]

Yeah. Well, so we found this recording because we. Well, we relaunched the committee on October 1st. We now have 6,000 members.

[Stephen Colbert]

3,000 members.

[Jane Fonda]

3,000 Members. And it is. We're one of the pillars. You know, any government is held up by pillars of support, and the government or the regime is only as strong as the pillars of support. And we want to remove the Entertainment Committee as a pillar of support. But there's bankers, there's army, there's caregivers, there's women, there's. Everybody is part of some pillar. And so we said, okay, we have to organize our community so that we stand up and fight for our freedoms. Freedom of speech. But, you know, First Amendment, it's speech. It's freedom of assembly, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, and freedom to protest. Petitioning our government. And, you know, they fought back there. We have this recording, and you have a. Yeah, we have it. We have Judy Garland's voice. Let's listen to it. It's Judy Garland protesting the attacks on the First Amendment.

[Stephen Colbert]

Judy Garland talking about the goals of the committee.

[Show Announcer/Producer]

This is Judy Garland. Have you been to a movie this week? You're going to a movie tonight. Maybe tomorrow. Look around the room. Are there any newspapers lying on the floor? Any magazines on your table? Any books on your shelves? It's always been your right to read or see anything you wanted to, but now it seems to be getting kind of complicated. For the past week in Washington, the House Committee on UN American Activities has been investigating the film industry. Now, I have never been a member of any political organization, but I've been following this investigation, and I don't like it. There are a lot of stars here to speak to you. We're show business, yes, but we're also American citizens. It's One thing, if someone says we're not good actors, that hurts. But we can take that. It's something else again to say we're not good Americans. We resent that.

[Stephen Colbert]

I'd love to hear that voice.

[Donald Trump]

Yeah.

[Jane Fonda]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

Okay. So that's a lovely idea. The Committee for the First Amendment for people who are not in the entertainment industry, who don't use their voices in this particular way. What should people do? What are other ways for people to fight for their First Amendment rights? Because all rights, if they can be taken away, are not rights. They were privileges that were just given by a government that doesn't get its power from the consent of the governed. That's not what we're doing.

[Jane Fonda]

We pay their salaries.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yes.

[Jane Fonda]

We should be in charge. If the government is not meeting the needs of its people, there's something wrong. Right? We're seeing things happen that have never happened before. This isn't like it was in the 40s and 50s. This is authoritarianism has made its way into every single nook and cranny of our government. They are kidnapping people. They are illegally deporting American citizens.

[Stephen Colbert]

Going into American citizens homes without warrant.

[Jane Fonda]

Minneapolis, where they shot Ms. Good. They're shooting people. They're blinding people. They're all kinds of really, really bad things are happening. And it's not a question of right or left. I don't care what party you belong to. It's a question of right or wrong. Right? And I think lines are being crossed. And it's enough. I think we've had enough. Right? We are the land of the brave. Our loved ones fought and many died for these freedoms. We can't allow them to be taken away from us. Because if we let them go now, they won't be there later when we need them back. So this is what we have to do. We have to not be alone. We have to work with other people in solidarity. We have to build community. Indivisible is a wonderful organization and it has chapters all over the country. So join Indivisible. You have churches, you have churches, you have garden clubs, whatever groups that you are part of, help them get organized. Help them learn in advance what to do when they come for you. And they will believe me unless we stop this. So enough is enough. We have to get organized. We're doing trainings. Yesterday, all day, the committee had trainings here to know what's happening.

[Stephen Colbert]

Where are these trainings?

[Jane Fonda]

This isn't just some blip. This is.

[Stephen Colbert]

If someone wanted to be trained, where would I be?

[Jane Fonda]

Go to freedom Trainers freedom Trainers. You can Google freedom Trainers and they do all kinds of training on how to organize when you're facing authoritarianism. This is not like other times in this country, especially if you're white. We have not experienced this before and we we can't allow this to happen. So let's show that we really are the land of the free. We're the majority. You know, tyrants are never as strong as we think they are and people are way stronger than we think they are. Our power as people can make a difference.

[Stephen Colbert]

We have to take a quick break. We'll be right back with more Jane Fonda everybody.

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[Stephen Colbert]

That's Jane Fonda, ladies and gentlemen. One of the things he said just now was that while minority communities have actually known oppression in many ways that those of us in the white community don't understand, this is for everybody in the United States now and people are sort of being Shocked. Even people who supported the president are being shocked. Wait a second, I thought this was for other people, not you. This is including.

[Jane Fonda]

Voted for President Trump as well.

[Stephen Colbert]

Okay, here's the thing. There's a creepiness to the authoritarianism that people think, well, that can't possibly happen here. That can't possibly happen to me. And therefore they take their rights for granted. You've been all over the world. You've been places where the First Amendment. Right.

[Jane Fonda]

That's why I'm fighting so hard. I spent months in the Soviet Union, when it was the Soviet Union. I actually made a movie there. Me and Elizabeth Taylor and Ava Garde. Nobody saw it was a terrible movie, but we spent a long time there. You do not want to live in that kind of community. You don't want to live in that kind of state run society. You try to look at television, it's so boring. Everything is gray. Nobody can express themselves fully. I saw them bulldozing an impressionistic art exhibit because they didn't allow impressionism. And I mean, they determine what art we're going to see, what shows we're going to see.

[Stephen Colbert]

I mean, you know, it's almost like it would be like our president taking over like the Kennedy Center. That would be crazy. That would be crazy. As a two time Oscar winner, I just want to ask you before I go here, the nominations come out tomorrow morning. What movies this year are Hamnet. Hamnet was fantastic. Jesse Buckley, Paul Mescalpel.

[Jane Fonda]

Hamnet is. We don't have time to go into detail, but it's a gem of a film. It's almost a perfect film. It is a perfect film. It's about the power of art. It is. You will see performances like you've never seen before. One battle after another is fantastic, an incredible film.

[Stephen Colbert]

Jane, it was lovely to see you. Thank you so much for that.

[Donald Trump]

Am I done?

[Stephen Colbert]

Roasts are done, people are finished. Our interview happens has to come to an end, unfortunately.

[Jane Fonda]

Okay. Remember when I kissed you?

[Stephen Colbert]

I. Ok.

[Jane Fonda]

Ok.

[Stephen Colbert]

I gotta tell you, Jane, some days I think of little else, but you didn't so much kiss me as you got on my lap and you kind of nibbled my ear over here, you know, and yeah, I do remember that. Do you remember? Do I ever tell you what I had to do when I got home?

[Donald Trump]

No.

[Stephen Colbert]

There were some flowers at the studio and one of my stagehands said, you should bring this home to your wife because she's going to see the show tonight. And I went, oh, that's a good idea. So I brought the flowers home to my wife, Evie. And she goes, oh, this is beautiful. There's a dozen red roses. Beautiful. Why do I have these? And I said, well, Jane Fonda was on the show tonight. And she goes, I don't want them. Give them to Jane. Oh, you're.

[Jane Fonda]

Oh, my God. I'm sorry, Emmy.

[Stephen Colbert]

No.

[Donald Trump]

All right.

[Stephen Colbert]

Guess what.

[Jane Fonda]

What?

[Donald Trump]

I'm not.

[Stephen Colbert]

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[Stephen Colbert]

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[Jane Fonda]

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[Stephen Colbert]

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[Donald Trump]

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[Stephen Colbert]

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