VANCOUVER — Stephen Colbert, who has been critical of Canada and the access U.S. athletes are being given to the Olympic speedskating oval, is going to the Vancouver Winter Games.
Colbert is going to the Vancouver Winter Games and has accepted the City of Richmond’s offer to be the Olympic Oval Ombudsman. He made the announcement on his satirical comedy show The Colbert Report Thursday night.
He said he has no idea what it means to “ombud,” but “as long as it requires no effort from me, I proudly accept.”
What the comedian didn’t do, however, was don the ombudsman’s official uniform — the baby-pink toque that Richmond had sent to him.
Further putting his speedskate where his mouth is, Colbert has vowed to try out and make the U.S. Olympic team and attend as part of the squad. In the weeks to come, Colbert has vowed to "try out" for various winter sports, having already tried skeleton, above. Next week, he'll be in a bobsled.
Of course, should he fail to make it, the satirical host has already become the official sponsor of the U.S. speedskating team, and he always has the Ombudsman position to fall back on.
Source:nationalpost.com/
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