Stephen Colbert mocks Pete Hegseth’s ‘Pulp Fiction’ verse with fake Bible quote
Stephen Colbert has satirised Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who quoted a fake Bible verse from Pulp Fiction instead of the actual Bible, during a religious service being held at the Pentagon.
Colbert addressed Hegseth’s usage of the violent prayer, loosely based on a Bible passage in honor of the Iran war, in his opening monologue on The Late Show.
After playing footage of the strange verse on his late-night show, Colbert shared, “Now, if that doesn’t sound like it’s from the Bible, that’s because it’s not. Want to know what it’s from? Well, here’s a hint.”
After showing footage of Samuel L. Jackson’s character reciting the same fake verse in the Quentin Tarantino classic, Colbert shared, “If you’re not familiar with that gospel, it’s like the regular Bible, but Tarantino’s Jesus says the n-word a lot.”
He added humourously, “Also, Quentin’s version really lingers on the feet washing stuff.”
Comparing the two prayers, he added, “That mashup really feels like your self tape versus the guy who actually got the part.”
Colbert decided to share his own prayer in a mockery of Hegseth’s controversial Christian worship services, which he’s been hosting at the Pentagon.
Colbert began, “So, please join me in prayer,” before stuffing his invocation full of noticeable movie quotes.
He shared, “God, I’m talking to you. You talking to me? Are you talking to me? War is like a box of chocolates. I am tired of these motherf–kin’ sins on my motherf–kin’ soul.”
Colbert is likely to be familiar with plenty of movie scripts after the announcement that, following his exit from The Late Show this May, he will write a new Lord of the Rings film, tentatively titled The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past.
Colbert also had a small cameo in Jackson’s 2013 film, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, alongside his wife and children.
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