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Stephen Colbert invited his “precious” Andy Serkis on The Late Show Tuesday night.

The War for the Planet of the Apes star channeled his Lord of the Rings character, Gollum, for a dramatic reading of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tweets.

Serkis hopped into a crouched position on his chair and dived into his Lord of the Rings character to read for the audience.

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The actor first read one of Trump’s tweets from June 13 about how “The Fake News Media has never been so wrong or so dirty.”

The Fake News Media has never been so wrong or so dirty. Purposely incorrect stories and phony sources to meet their agenda of hate. Sad! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 13, 2017

Serkis then read Trump’s “covfefe” tweet from May 31.

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Despite the constant negative press covfefe — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 31, 2017 Tweet This

3:00 What is covfefe? What is covfefe?

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After reading the tweet, Serkis asked Colbert, “Wait! What’s covfefe precious?”

“No one knows,” Colbert responded.

“I got to say, they actually sound better that way,” Colbert noted of Serkis’ performance.

Watch Serkis read Trump’s tweets in the video above.

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