Stephen Colbert opened up about his illness that seems to impact his comedy sets. The 56-year-old late-night host has been diagnosed with benign positional vertigo. The longtime host revealed his condition during an interview with Vanity Fair for their holiday issue.
Colbert revealed that his condition was developed before this interview and amid the presidential election. The host has been dealing with a lot this year, and it seems The Late Show With Stephen Colbert host has some new struggles in his kitty.
According to the Mayo Clinic, the host is dealing with one of the common forms of vertigo that takes place when there is a sudden spinning sensation in his head. The spinning happens only when the head gets positioned in the wrong way suddenly.
This condition can cause loss of balance, nausea, and intense dizziness for a limited period of time. During the interview, Colbert said it feels entertaining to him as he often forgets about the condition and go-ahead to stand and simply fall down.
Although this is not the first issue the host has faced during the ongoing year, which has been a roller-coaster ride for many celebrities, including common people. However, one of the most drastic steps the host took was to move his show from New York City studio to his own house in Charleston, South Carolina, due to the pandemic.
At that time, the quarantine precautions took his family, including his children Peter, John, and Madeline, who he shares with his wife, Evelyn McGee-Colbert. The family came together in order to help the host with his show, overworked laptops, an iPad teleprompter, and headsets.
However, the comedian said that he felt like working in the 19th century, where a father has a woodshop, and his children are supposed to help him out to chop the pine. Although the host made a funny comparison, he kept appreciating his family from time to time on the show.
In one of the episodes, Colbert invited his wife as an audience member and gave her cue cards to ask him questions. Now, the host has returned to Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City to tape his shows from an office. Although previously he used to shoot from a stage. He said that he would love to go on stage with a live audience, while it feels like a "weird lie without having an audience."