--- ---  # Watch Stephen Colbert 'White-Mansplain' Beyonce's _Lemonade_ by [Christian Holub / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Christian Holub / Entertainment Weekly Apr 26, 2016 2:45 PM UTC  TV Host, comedian Stephen Colbert speaks on stage prior to "Hamilton" GRAMMY performance for The 58th GRAMMY Awards at Richard Rodgers Theater on February 15, 2016 in New York City. TV Host, comedian Stephen Colbert speaks on stage prior to "Hamilton" GRAMMY performance for The 58th GRAMMY Awards at Richard Rodgers Theater on February 15, 2016 in New York City.Theo Wargo—WireImage/Getty Images by [Christian Holub / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Christian Holub / Entertainment Weekly Apr 26, 2016 2:45 PM UTC Beyoncé’s _Lemonade_ explores both her personal relationship with husband Jay Z and the ways black women have been treated throughout American history. Not exactly the kind of art anyone is champing at the bit to hear white men explain. Stephen Colbert knows this, so his coverage of _Lemonade_ on Monday’s _Late Show_ took the form of self-parody as he attempted to “white-mansplain” the new visual album. First things first, Colbert needed to dress up like “a caricature of a white man.” After slightly adjusting his glasses, Colbert declared this task complete. Next, the host tried to translate some of Beyoncé’s _Lemonade_ so white men could understand, starting with the baseball bat named Hot Sauce. “For my fellow white men, her carrying Hot Sauce in her bag is like how we white men keep Newman’s Own Mild Pineapple Salsa in our fanny packs,” Colbert said. “Then you leave it in the Volvo and it goes bad, you gotta get the Volvo fumigated, it’s terrible.” Colbert did, however, find some generally relatable aspects of _Lemonade_ that didn’t require a white-man translation. “Finally, Beyoncé drives a monster truck over parked cars. That is like how white men wish we could drive a monster truck over parked cars,” Colbert said. “Some things are universal.” Watch the clip above. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/04/26/stephen-colbert-beyonce-lemonade) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://EW.com) Watch Stephen Colbert 'White-Mansplain' Beyonce's 'Lemonade' ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4307770/stephen-colbert-beyonce-lemonade/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4307770/stephen-colbert-beyonce-lemonade/"},"headline":"Watch Stephen Colbert 'White-Mansplain' Beyonce's Lemonade","datePublished":"2016-04-26T14:45:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:02:19.150Z","description":"'For my fellow white men'","url":"https://time.com/4307770/stephen-colbert-beyonce-lemonade/","keywords":["motto","Television","celebrities","News"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt217941a0fd70f8a5/698890a42dce01d7359e8cf6/stephen-colbert-lemonade-beyonce.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Christian Holub / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt217941a0fd70f8a5/698890a42dce01d7359e8cf6/stephen-colbert-lemonade-beyonce.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The 58th GRAMMY Awards - \"Hamilton\" GRAMMY Performance","caption":"TV Host, comedian Stephen Colbert speaks on stage prior to \"Hamilton\" GRAMMY performance for The 58th GRAMMY Awards at Richard Rodgers Theater on February 15, 2016 in New York City.","creditText":"Theo Wargo—WireImage/Getty Images","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":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4307770/stephen-colbert-beyonce-lemonade/","name":"Watch Stephen Colbert 'White-Mansplain' Beyonce's Lemonade"}}]}] ```