--- description: Will be interviewed on the comedian's show for the first time on Dec. 8 title: Stephen Colbert Will Interview President Barack Obama on Dec. 8 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt109d1816c01d550d/69876bc7f887dcda76e88b3d/influential-fictional-characters-2014-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [White House](/tag/white-house/) ## White House Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # President Obama to Finally Get the Colbert Bump by [Alex Rogers](/author/alex-rogers/) ## Alex Rogers Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 5, 2014 3:20 PM CUT  NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 8: Host Stephen Colbert appears during the "Been There: Won That: The Returnification of the American-Do Troopscapeon" special of The Colbert Report on September 8, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Scott Gries/PictureGroup) NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 8: Host Stephen Colbert appears during the "Been There: Won That: The Returnification of the American-Do Troopscapeon" special of The Colbert Report on September 8, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Scott Gries/PictureGroup)Comedy Central by [Alex Rogers](/author/alex-rogers/) ## Alex Rogers Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 5, 2014 3:20 PM CUT Stephen Colbert will go to Washington to interview President Barack Obama for one of his last episodes. _The Colbert Report_ special episode,“Stephen Colbert Presents: Mr. Colbert Goes to Washington D.C. Ya Later, Legislator: Partisan is Such Sweet Sorrow: A Colbert Victory Lap, ‘014,” will be filmed at George Washington University on December 8\. Obama had a cameo appearance on Colbert’s show in 2009, when he ordered General Ray Odierno to shave the host’s head for a broadcast in Baghdad. The move marks a change of White House policy. In 2010, former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs [told TIME](http://swampland.time.com/2010/02/17/gibbs-president-obama-would-love-to-appear-on-daily-show-but-not-colbert-report/ "undefined") he would never let Obama do Colbert, and the comedian ran a segment on the president being terrified of appearing on the show. _The Colbert_ _Report_‘s final show will take place on December 18; Colbert is leaving to take over CBS’ _The Late Show_ next year. Here’s the full clip: Stephen Colbert Will Interview President Barack Obama on Dec. 8 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3620017/stephen-colbert-barack-obama-interview-the-colbert-report/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3620017/stephen-colbert-barack-obama-interview-the-colbert-report/"},"headline":"President Obama to Finally Get the Colbert Bump","datePublished":"2014-12-05T15:20:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:36:30.096Z","description":"Will be interviewed on the comedian's show for the first time on Dec. 8","url":"https://time.com/3620017/stephen-colbert-barack-obama-interview-the-colbert-report/","keywords":["White House","Barack Obama","stephen colbert","the colbert report","The White House"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt109d1816c01d550d/69876bc7f887dcda76e88b3d/influential-fictional-characters-2014-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alex Rogers","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alex-rogers/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt109d1816c01d550d/69876bc7f887dcda76e88b3d/influential-fictional-characters-2014-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"The Colbert Report\" Salutes The Troops","caption":"\"The Colbert Report\" Salutes The Troops","creditText":"Comedy Central","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3620017/stephen-colbert-barack-obama-interview-the-colbert-report/","name":"President Obama to Finally Get the Colbert Bump"}}]}] ```