Indeed, on his next evening show, Colbert invited a sandpaper-voiced actress called Ellen Page on to sermonize about the Smollett incident and what it meant. This was when some doubt had already been cast over Smollett’s story, and this was unforgivable in Page’s eyes. “We have a media that’s saying it’s a debate whether or not what just happened to Jussie Smollett is a hate crime,” she said. “It’s absurd,” she added, thumping one fist into the other for emphasis. “There [bleep] isn’t a debate.” At which the studio audience whooped and shouted, “Yeah!” “Sorry I’m like I’m like really fired up
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