The Colbert-Branson water fight: Water under the bridge
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From the Daily Intelligencer (internal links omitted):
Richard Branson Forgives Colbert, Considers Janet Jackson as Ballast
Richard Branson was late to his own party at the Box for Virgin America Airlines’ inaugural flight from LAX to JFK. He blamed, no joke, flight delays. Daily Intel caught up with him and asked about the now-famous incident when he angrily splashed Stephen Colbert with a glass of water during a taping of the Colbert Report. Turns out all is forgiven. He and Virgin America CEO Fred Reid also have plans for hotels in space and fond memories of the time Branson threatened to throw Janet Jackson off of a hot-air balloon. It’s all after the jump.
New York: Has Stephen Colbert lost his VIP privileges after that water incident?
Branson: (laughing) I have to think about this. I suspect that we have room in the toilet for him. The back left-hand toilet is where Colbert will sit when he flies on Virgin.
Reid: And the door only locks from the outside.
New York: So everything is good post-water-incident?
Branson: It’s like love. When you have embarrassed somebody you can also make up.Full text of post available here
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3 Comments
August 30th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
What a strange article. Not to be on a Defend Stephen kick (I have already disagreed today on a newspaper’s mischaracterization of TCR, which they have so far chosen not to post publicly), but this sounds like Branson is blaming Stephen for the “fight,” when he’s the one who started it. Is he saying that he embarrassed Stephen, or Stephen embarrassed him? He’s got no stand on forgiving Stephen; it’s the reverse that ought to be true. He sounds just as odd as he was visually when he was on the show.
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August 30th, 2007 at 8:08 pm
I agree with Meow. I think Branson just doesn’t get the point of the show.
The more I hear about Branson, the more I dislike him.
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August 30th, 2007 at 8:43 pm
Well said, Meow! The sky is apparently a different color in Sir Richard’s world as well.
Gaia, I’m with you. The more I hear, the less I like. Branson sounds like a giant toddler. (Me. Mine. Now!) Yuck… >:-p
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