Hillary Clinton handed election consolation prize of naked men picture by Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert hands Hillary Clinton the picture of the naked men originally planned to celebrate her victory
CBS
Jonathan Mitchell20 September 2017

Hillary Clinton was handed a picture of a group of naked men on American television as a consolation prize for losing the US presidential election.

The American politician appeared on the The Late Show on Tuesday night, with host Stephen Colbert revealing he and the crew had some special plans for a Clinton victory.

They had prepared a series of jokes for a Democrat win for a live election night special, but the plans were scuppered by a shock Donald Trump victory.

The plans included a getting a group of naked men on stage to “celebrate that a woman was in charge”.

Mr Colbert said:“The audience that night was honest of God on the edge of tears in this room. It was like we were all at a funeral.

“I was drinking a fair amount of bourbon. And one of the things I regret the least about that night - but I do regret – we had a whole packet of unused Clinton victory jokes.

He added: “One of the things we were going to do that night now that a woman was in charge is that we were going to have naked men on the stage.”

The flambouyant host then showed Ms Clinton and the audience the picture, which showed five naked men with “I’m with her” written across their backsides.

She burst out laughing, before declaring: “This is so touching.”

Ms Clinton book – What Happened - about her stunning loss in 2016 to Mr Trump has sold more than 300,000 copies since it was released, breaking records in the United States.

Clinton had promised to let her "guard down" for her first book to come out when she was neither in government nor seeking office.

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