Stephen Colbert sees an upside in Tucker Carlson's old child bride comments: 'R. Kelly just got a character witness'

Fox News host Tucker Carlson's old comments are coming back to haunt him, thanks to a little digging by Media Matters for America. Carlson "has been saying just awful stuff for years," including from 2006 to 2011 on a radio show hosted by "Bubba the Love Sponge," Stephen Colbert said on Monday's Late Show. "By the way, love sponge, the least effective method of contraception. The most effective? Tucker Carlson."

Colbert played some of Carlson's commentary — on Supreme Court Elena Kagan's looks, women in general, and polygamous Mormon offshoot leader Warren Jeffs and his child rape facilitation. "On a positive note, I think R. Kelly just got a character witness," he joked. Also, "sure, women are primitive — in that right now, many of them want to throw Tucker Carlson into a volcano."

"Predictably, the president of the Warren Jeffs fan club has refused to apologize" for what he calls his "naughty" old comments, Colbert said, unimpressed. "Naughty? Tucker, when you defend child brides you don't go on the naughty list, you go on that list where you have to go door to door to tell people you just moved into their neighborhood." Watch below. Peter Weber

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