authentic Colbert
Was just watching him interview an author, David Gilbert, about happiness, and Gilbert said that those who don't have children are generally happier than those who do - the audience really cheered at this one - but the real Colbert himself came out and got defensive; he said something along that lines that the sublime feeling that comes with children is better than happiness. It's interesting that while Colbert certainly has a lot in common with his studio audiences (liberal/Democratic politics), there are these sorts of gulfs that come up.