In the animated video, the politician wears short cut off jeans and clown makeup, saying things like “I like boys” but concluding the video with, “seriously, you must work or I will have you killed.” “Because this is America - for now - and we can do anything we want, the ‘Late Show’ has put together its own artistic interpretation of Vladimir Putin, gay icon,” he told audiences on Friday night. Vladimir Putin has banned all pictures depicting him as a potentially gay clown, so “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert put together his own “artistic interpretation” of Russia’s president as exactly that.
