Stephen Colbert and Anderson Cooper's beautiful conversation about grief

Pure actual talk. This is what our country needs. Please stop the hatred.

Great interview

I love Stephen’s empathy for Anderson’s grief. The compassion in his remarks is a beauty to behold.

What a beautiful discussion. I wish it were easier and more normal for men to open up and talk about our feelings this way.

I remember going through my parents divorce at 10, can't imagine all that..

I was in my mum’s bedroom when she opened a letter to say her husband, my dad, had died in a truck crash in New Zealand. It was 1967 and I was 12. Well before the internet and even popularity of phones. I lived with the tears of my mother when she cried and held me to her saying “I’ll find us another house son”. Two years ago, aged 66 I learned that my father had not died until 2000 when I was 45. I was not angry, nor sad…merely numb. My mother died in November 2004 never knowing he was alive. Not angry, nor sad, merely numb.

Wow. New compassion for both of these guys. I agree with Anderson- “I wish I had a scar so people could see I’m not the person I could have been.”

I like watching this on days I'm struggling and missing my mom. Hope you're all doing ok.

"Being grieved so deeply in death is the price one pays for being loved so much in life."

Thanks for posting this conversation on grief.

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God loves you Andy

Amazing interview

I had no idea how spiritual Steven is. So much wisdom

I am so glad to see this interview and now have such an appreciation of both men as fellows alive today.

My son died last year at the age of 36…I don’t know how life continues without his life and light.

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Y'all get to create a father in your imagination because he wasn't there I'm stuck with the one that was there and he was always a piece of *hit to me and I can't dream up another father cuz I had the real one humans suck including me.

His story makes me understand why he needs religion, especially him often watching his mother pray. Loss doesn't make sense, in any lense, but religions give a filter of sense. The older i get, i wish i knew why tragedy happens, so it becomes desirable and comforting to put some belief into fantasy or religion