Evie McGee Colbert

Right. Then you're going to be home. I mean, you're not traveling to different locations.

The thing is sometimes when you're married to somebody who's famous and is in the public eye and very recognizable, people want to meet the famous person and look right past the spouse.

The thing is sometimes when you're married to somebody who's famous and is in the public eye and very recognizable, people want to meet the famous person and look right past the spouse.

The thing is sometimes when you're married to somebody who's famous and is in the public eye and very recognizable, people want to meet the famous person and look right past the spouse.

It's like the spouse doesn't really exist.

It's like the spouse doesn't really exist.

It's like the spouse doesn't really exist.

That's a real thing. And that's hard to deal with. Yeah.

That's a real thing. And that's hard to deal with. Yeah.

That's a real thing. And that's hard to deal with. Yeah.

Well, that's the thing, Evie. Like now you have a public persona.

Well, that's the thing, Evie. Like now you have a public persona.

Well, that's the thing, Evie. Like now you have a public persona.

We need to take another short break here, so let me reintroduce you. If you're just joining us, my guests are Stephen Colbert and Evie McGee Colbert. They co-wrote a new cookbook called Does This Taste Funny? Recipes our family loves. We'll be right back. This is Fresh Air. You're both from prominent families. Steve and your father died when you were 10.

We need to take another short break here, so let me reintroduce you. If you're just joining us, my guests are Stephen Colbert and Evie McGee Colbert. They co-wrote a new cookbook called Does This Taste Funny? Recipes our family loves. We'll be right back. This is Fresh Air. You're both from prominent families. Steve and your father died when you were 10.

We need to take another short break here, so let me reintroduce you. If you're just joining us, my guests are Stephen Colbert and Evie McGee Colbert. They co-wrote a new cookbook called Does This Taste Funny? Recipes our family loves. We'll be right back. This is Fresh Air. You're both from prominent families. Steve and your father died when you were 10.

But before that, he'd been a director of a program at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. And he worked at the National Institutes of Health. And then the family moved to South Carolina. And he became the first vice president for academic affairs at the Medical University of South Carolina. That was in 1969. Yeah. And Evie, your father was a prominent civil litigator.

But before that, he'd been a director of a program at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. And he worked at the National Institutes of Health. And then the family moved to South Carolina. And he became the first vice president for academic affairs at the Medical University of South Carolina. That was in 1969. Yeah. And Evie, your father was a prominent civil litigator.

But before that, he'd been a director of a program at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. And he worked at the National Institutes of Health. And then the family moved to South Carolina. And he became the first vice president for academic affairs at the Medical University of South Carolina. That was in 1969. Yeah. And Evie, your father was a prominent civil litigator.

He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives for three terms. He was a Democrat. Because your fathers were prominent, were you expected to be model children? Huh.