Apr
08

Stephen Colbert presents at NYC Food Bank awards dinner

By Ms Interpreted on April 8th, 2008 ·

Man, Stephen has just been *everywhere* lately! Like at the Food Bank’s “5th Annual Can-Do Awards Dinner” to give Viacom’s Judy McGrath her award, as described below.

Stephen Colbert at the NYC Food Bank Awards Dinner

From Gothamist:

Food Bank for NYC’s 5th Annual Can-Do Awards Dinner

The Food Bank for New York City held their annual 5th Annual Can-Do Awards Dinner and fund raiser last night at Chelsea Piers. For the past 25 years, the Food Bank has worked to end hunger by giving low-income New Yorkers access to affordable and healthy food.

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Another high point was Stephen Colbert’s speech, which he began by welcoming “ladies, gentlemen… whatever option there may be tonight… hermaphrodites… Michael Stipe… It’s not about loving me tonight, it’s about loving the Food Bank.” Colbert was there to present an award to MTV Network CEO Judy McGrath, and took the opportunity to “apologize for calling Viacom chief Sumner Redstone ‘the crypt keeper’ on my show… And I’d like to further apologize for bringing that up again right now.”

Read the full post here

Here’s another pic of Stephen (this one with McGrath); Getty Images has a few more, as well.


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