--- description: Stephen Colbert relished new updates to the story on the unsubstantiated document containing salacious allegations about Donald Trump' title: Stephen Colbert Loves the Name of the Spy Behind the Donald Trump Dossier image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Stephen Colbert Loves the Name of the Spy Behind the Donald Trump Dossier  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 13, 2017 1:50 PM CUT  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 13, 2017 1:50 PM CUT [Stephen Colbert](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2111975%5F2111976%5F2111953,00.html "undefined") relished new updates to the story on the [unsubstantiated document](http://time.com/4631012/donald-trump-russia-report/ "undefined") containing salacious allegations about [Donald Trump](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2016-donald-trump/ "undefined")‘s relationship with Russia, using his opening _Late Show_ monologue Thursday to unpack the name of [the former British spy](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/12/world/europe/christopher-steele-trump-russia-dossier.html?%5Fr=0 "undefined") who reportedly put the dossier together. Christopher Steele is a “kind of on-the-nose name for a British agent,” Colbert said. “Actually, you know what, Christopher Steele really sounds more like a gay porn name.” Colbert noted there are reports that Steele is on the run: “He was seen fleeing his home yesterday and asked a neighbor to take care of his cat. Oh, you gotta protect the cat, because Trump is known for grabbing the p—y,” Colbert joked. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4634276/stephen-colbert-donald-trump-russia-dossier/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4634276/stephen-colbert-donald-trump-russia-dossier/"},"headline":"Stephen Colbert Loves the Name of the Spy Behind the Donald Trump Dossier","datePublished":"2017-01-13T13:50:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:43:03.072Z","description":"It \"sounds more like a gay porn name\"","url":"https://time.com/4634276/stephen-colbert-donald-trump-russia-dossier/","keywords":["russia","Television","stephen colbert","Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"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/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4634276/stephen-colbert-donald-trump-russia-dossier/","name":"Stephen Colbert Loves the Name of the Spy Behind the Donald Trump Dossier"}}]}] ```