--- title: Sandra Bullock Sets the Record Straight With Stephen Colbert description: During an appearance on The Late Show to promote Birdbox, Sandra Bullock played a round of the true or false game "Bullock or Bollocks." canonical: https://time.com/5482632/sandra-bullock-on-stephen-colbert/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-12-18T15:50:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:56:29.696Z og:title: Sandra Bullock Sets the Record Straight on Her Horse Allergy og:description: The star set the record straight with Stephen Colbert og:url: https://time.com/5482632/sandra-bullock-on-stephen-colbert/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6e52e1616bcf79bd/698941c3929fad6237bf259b/Screen-Shot-2018-12-18-at-10.23.04-AM.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1203 og:image:height: 677 og:image:alt: Sandra-Bullock-Stephen-Colbert og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sandra Bullock Sets the Record Straight on Her Horse Allergy twitter:description: The star set the record straight with Stephen Colbert twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6e52e1616bcf79bd/698941c3929fad6237bf259b/Screen-Shot-2018-12-18-at-10.23.04-AM.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Apparently Sandra Bullock Is Allergic to Horses and More Facts You Need to Know > Sponsored content. 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So much, in fact, that [Stephen Colbert](http://time.com/5472620/stephen-colbert-trump-bush-funeral/) decided to make up a whole new game to give her a chance to set the record straight. During a Monday appearance on _The Late Show_ to promote her new Netflix movie [_Birdbox_](http://time.com/5433710/bird-box-trailer-a-quiet-place/) — in which she stars alongside her _Ocean’s 8_ costar Sarah Paulson — Bullock weighed in on the difficulties of filming half of a movie blindfolded before playing a round of the true or false-esque game “Bullock or Bollocks.” “There’s been so much written about you over the years because you’re a big star, you’re an actual serious movie star. This is why I haven’t had a chance to talk to you yet, because you’re such a big deal,” Colbert explained. “As we were preparing for this interview, we found so many things out about you and I didn’t know if they were true or not. So I was hoping we could do a fact-check now with you.” Bullock went on to reveal —among other tidbits — that while she is allergic to horses, it wasn’t Robert Duvall who taught her how to salsa dance. 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