Casey Affleck and Stephen Colbert had the most cringe-worthy interview
That escalated quickly.
Colbert's acerbic wit didn't go over too well with Casey Affleck, who appeared on The Late Show Monday night to promote his new crime drama, Triple 9.
“Thanks for dressing up," Colbert quipped in reference to Affleck's rumpled attire. "I can’t tell whether this choice is, like, the least celebrity thing to do or the most celebrity thing to do. It's very casual."
“Thank you," Affleck replied sheepishly. "You look great.”
“Well, thank you. I’m not saying you don’t look good. I'm not saying that all,” Colbert began before Affleck cut in to call him rude. “I’m not being rude at all,” Colbert insisted, before teasing that the actor was a dead ringer for "a street-corner Jesus.”
Tensions ebbed a little after the discussion turned to Triple 9 — "It's a terrific picture and you're terrific in it," Colbert noted before Affleck responded with a twinkle in his eye: “Things are suddenly going so well.”
“I don’t understand why," Colbert said. "We should probably end up fighting at the end of this, like bare-knuckle boxing.”
Fortunately for their professional images (but unfortunately for the Internet), the stars didn't come to blows. In fact, they actually bonded over how they both help their kids with science experiments. (Colbert couldn't complete Triple 9 because he had to help his son with his project.)