--- ---  # Samantha Bee Let Stephen Colbert Know She Stole Cars in Her Youth by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Mar 28, 2018 3:42 PM UTC  BEVERLY HILLS, CA - MAY 23: Writer and comedian Samantha Bee arrives at TBS' "Full Frontal With Samantha Bee" For Your Consideration Event at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater on May 23, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Amanda Edwards/WireImage) BEVERLY HILLS, CA - MAY 23: Writer and comedian Samantha Bee arrives at TBS' "Full Frontal With Samantha Bee" For Your Consideration Event at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater on May 23, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Amanda Edwards/WireImage)Amanda Edwards—WireImage by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Mar 28, 2018 3:42 PM UTC Samantha Bee stopped by _The Late Show_ on Tuesday night and did something unusual—she talked about her wild youth. Bee, who was on _The Late Show_ to promote her _Full Frontal_ Puerto Rico special, attended [March for Our Lives](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rmxim5ozSKU) over the weekend, which started her on the path down memory lane and thinking back about what she was like as a teenager. “Stephen, I was stealing cars when I was 15 years old,” the comedian admitted to [Stephen Colbert](http://time.com/5216807/stephen-colbert-on-stormy-daniels-interview/?xid=homepage), reminiscing about her childhood in Canada. “I was a delinquent.” The [_Full Frontal_ host](http://time.com/5107895/samantha-bee-aziz-ansari/?iid=sr-link2) claimed that her misspent youth was due to a boyfriend who was “a bad influence” and was blessedly short-lived. “It did not last long,” she told her former _The Daily Show_ coworker. “Ultimately I’m a Catholic school girl at heart,” she said, adding that she was a teen who really liked “a gold star.” While Bee doesn’t really want a do-over, she is impressed with how today’s politically aware [teenagers are advocating for change](http://time.com/5210514/student-teachers/?xid=homepage). Samantha Bee Admits to Being A Car Thief on The Late Show ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5218593/samantha-bee-on-stephen-colbert/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5218593/samantha-bee-on-stephen-colbert/"},"headline":"Samantha Bee Let Stephen Colbert Know She Stole Cars in Her Youth","datePublished":"2018-03-28T15:42:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:51:41.135Z","description":"“I was a delinquent,” admitted Samantha Bee to Stephen Colbert when she stopped by The Late Show","url":"https://time.com/5218593/samantha-bee-on-stephen-colbert/","keywords":["Newsfeed","stephen colbert","the late show","Late Night Television","samantha bee"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcbe8806b9adb959f/6988cfbaab6d77231e6ae577/samantha-bee-watergate-trump-worse-than-nixon.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/bltcbe8806b9adb959f/6988cfbaab6d77231e6ae577/samantha-bee-watergate-trump-worse-than-nixon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TBS' \"Full Frontal With Samantha Bee\" For Your Consideration Event - Arrivals","caption":"TBS' \"Full Frontal With Samantha Bee\" For Your Consideration Event - Arrivals","creditText":"Amanda Edwards—WireImage","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/5218593/samantha-bee-on-stephen-colbert/","name":"Samantha Bee Let Stephen Colbert Know She Stole Cars in Her Youth"}}]}] ```