Ted Cruz makes strange request of 'Late Show' host Stephen Colbert

"Late Show" host Stephen Colbert dished a bit on U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in an interview with PageSix.com. Colbert said Cruz went on the show hoping the host would "humanize" him. "Late Show" host Stephen Colbert dished a bit on U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in an interview with PageSix.com. Colbert said Cruz went on the show hoping the host would "humanize" him. Photo: Richard Shotwell, INVL Photo: Richard Shotwell, INVL Image 1 of / 24 Caption Close Ted Cruz makes strange request of 'Late Show' host Stephen Colbert 1 / 24 Back to Gallery

Every politician wants to be seen as one of the people, a regular person, a human being.

Not every politician goes on a late night show and asks the host for help with accomplishing that goal.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz may have made that mistake.

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"Late Show" host Stephen Colbert says that the Texas Republican and one-time presidential candidate asked the host before a 2015 appearance if he could “humanize” him. Story continues below





PageSix.com reported that Colbert, speaking to his audience at New York magazines Vulture Festival on Saturday, joked to the crowd, “Step 1, don’t ask anyone to humanize you. That’s something humans don’t ask.”

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Then, Colbert offered Cruz some actually helpful advice - don't launch into a stump speech and don't let the audience recognize any talking point or stump speech. Cruz told the comedian that would be tough to do.

"I said, ‘So is being human',” Colbert said, before noting that Cruz immediately went into his stump speech on the show that night.

So, the lesson here is humanizing is hard for some people.

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