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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Mar 27, 2018 2:49 PM UTC  by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Mar 27, 2018 2:49 PM UTC Adult film star [Stormy Daniels](http://time.com/5215078/stormy-daniels-donald-trump-threat/?xid=homepage) sat down for a tell-all interview about her alleged affair with President Donald Trump with _60 Minutes_ on Sunday evening. On [_The Late Show_](http://time.com/5216710/sean-penn-stephen-colbert-smoke-ambien/?xid=homepage), Stephen Colbert called Daniels’ interview “an insane, salacious tale about a sitting President,” but also “the least surprising story I have ever heard.” “It all felt true,” said Colbert. “It felt truer than \[Trump\] getting elected.” Colbert was perhaps most delighted by the fact that Daniels’ interview earned [_60 Minutes_](http://time.com/5215421/stormy-daniels-60-minutes-ratings/) its highest ratings in a decade—even higher than when Trump himself appeared on the show after winning the election in 2016\. “That’s gotta sting,” Colbert said, about the famously ratings-obsessed president. Daniels also remembered thinking, “Ugh, here we go,” before she allegedly slept with Trump. “Coincidentally,” Colbert joked, “that was also the official theme of Trump’s inaugural ball.” Colbert also noted that Daniels had a unique method for making the president act more appropriately—spanking Trump with a magazine. “Hmm, a couple of spanks and Donald Trump started acting more appropriate? John Kelly, you know what to do,” joked Colbert, addressing the President’s current [White House](http://time.com/5216499/white-house-investigates-loans-kushner-company/?xid=homepage) chief of staff. “It’s for your country!” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5216807/stephen-colbert-on-stormy-daniels-interview/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5216807/stephen-colbert-on-stormy-daniels-interview/"},"headline":"Stephen Colbert Sees One Key Difference Between the Stormy Daniels Interview and the 2016 Election","datePublished":"2018-03-27T14:49:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:18.287Z","description":"“The least surprising story I have ever heard,” said Stephen Colbert about Stormy Daniels's interview with 60 Minutes","url":"https://time.com/5216807/stephen-colbert-on-stormy-daniels-interview/","keywords":["Newsfeed","stephen colbert","Donald Trump","Late Night Television","stormy daniels"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt765eadb68d487ddc/69892c11656a3f36cbbd3fc6/stephencolbertonstormydanielsandtrump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt765eadb68d487ddc/69892c11656a3f36cbbd3fc6/stephencolbertonstormydanielsandtrump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"StephenColbertonStormyDanielsandTrump","caption":"","creditText":"","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/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5216807/stephen-colbert-on-stormy-daniels-interview/","name":"Stephen Colbert Sees One Key Difference Between the Stormy Daniels Interview and the 2016 Election"}}]}] ```