Stephen Colbert has a blind friend

Stephen Colbert presented at the Glamour Magazine Woman of the Year awards last night, and Glamour already has a really sweet write-up about the event:

You need a blind friend
October 30, 2006

Stephen Colbert raced over from taping his show to present the award to the Iditarod racer Rachel Scdoris. Scdoris just finished in March racing 1150 miles across an Alaskan ice tundra on a dog sled. As if finishing the race in 50 below weather wasn’t hard enough (more people have climbed Mt. Everest than have finished the race), Scdoris is legally blind.

Rachel said Glamour asked her to make a list of who could present the award to her and she said Colbert was one of her wishes.

Colbert picked up on the emphasis of ONE OF and quipped, ”What was your first wish – Brad Pitt but he was in Namibia, George Clooney – no he’s off saving the world??” She laughed and said that she watched the show every night, for even though she’s legally blind she can sit really, really close to the screen and sometimes make out his face.

Jokingly backstage Rachael told him, “YOU need a blind friend.” He replied, “I DO need a blind friend.”

As always, you can find the best pictures of the event on the web at WonkyEar.com.

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