NBC is the official broadcast sponsor of the Olympics meaning they had a very big leg up on the competition when it came to landing the first Ryan Lochte interview after the swimmer’s robbery story was turned upside down.
Since Stephen Colbert could not get access to the controversial Olympian, he decided to edit together his own interview with Lochte from the existing footage with truly wonderful results.
Colbert asking if a banana is a gun is a lot more entertaining than Matt Lauer’s scolding.
The late night host even doubled down on the Olympic jokes with his monologue on Monday night.