He decided to call it quits with her. Madeline, their oldest child and only daughter, was born in 1995. Evelyn and Stephen have three children together: Madeleine, 22, Peter, 19, and John, 15. Needing money, he also worked as a script consultant for VH1 and MTV, before taking a job filming humorous correspondent segments for Good Morning America. "The general sense of the council was that he wasn't a serious candidate and that was why he wasn't selected to be on the ballot", stated John Werner, the party's director. [21][34], He developed a love of science fiction and fantasy novels, especially the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, of which he remains an avid fan. On January 12, 2015, CBS announced that Colbert would premiere as the Late Show host on Tuesday, September 8, 2015. [61], Colbert appeared in several recurring segments for The Daily Show, including "Even Stevphen" with Steve Carell,[62] in which both characters were expected to debate a selected topic but instead would unleash their anger at one another. But enough about her family - let's talk about how she met her soulmate. Evelyn Mcgee-Colbert: Meet the Incredible Wife of Stephen Colbert Stephen Colbert and Evelyn McGee-Colbert have been married since 1993. Madeline Colbert Bio, Net Worth, Birthday, Age, Height, Parents, & Career Colbert viewers donated $185,000 to projects reaching 43,000 students in Pennsylvania public schools. He began performing improvisation while in college, both in the campus improv team No Fun Mud Piranhas[45] and at the Annoyance Theatre in Chicago as a part of Del Close's ImprovOlympic at a time when the project was focused on competitive, long-form improvisation, rather than improvisational comedy. Comedian Jim Gaffigan Has Too Many Children, Rosario Dawson Promises She's Dating Eric Andre, Mindy Kaling Drops Hints About The 'Oceans 8' Movie, Emma Stone Has a Hard Time Maintaining Her Chill Meeting Hillary Clinton Backstage, Uma Thurman Risks Stephen's Ire for Turning Down 'Lord of The Rings', White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, Stephen Colbert at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Stephen Colbert 2008 presidential campaign. [20][21], While Colbert sometimes comedically claims his surname is French, he is of 15/16ths Irish ancestry; one of his paternal great-great-grandmothers was of German and English descent. Her father worked in the South Carolina House of Representatives (1963-1968). at the shows afterparty they realized theyd known each other as children growing up. Born July 23, 1963, Evelyn McGee-Colbert is the daughter of prominent Charleston litigation attorney and politician Joseph McGee. In 2012, he was listed as No. He began developing a cult following with his popular seriesStrangers With Candyin 1999, but he became a household name when he was a correspondent on Comedy Centrals The Daily Show. Zodiac Sign. Daughter of Stephen Colbert and Evelyn McGee. [127][128], In June 2011, during a public meeting, the FEC voted 51 to grant The Colbert Report a limited media exemption.