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Stephen Colbert at Madame Tussauds wax museum

Colbert donated his own clothes to dress the figure in a suit, tie, cuff links and lapel pin

  • AP
  • Published: 10:27 November 17, 2012
  • Tabloid

  • Image Credit: Kristoffer Tripplaar/Sipa USA /
  • Mandatory Credit: Photo by Kristoffer Tripplaar/Sipa USA / Rex Features (1975179a) Stephen Colbert and Stephen Colbert waxwork Stephen Colbert waxwork unveiled at Madame Tussauds, Washington, D.C., America - 16 Nov 2012

Stephen Colbert is taking his place among the presidents at the Madame Tussauds wax museum in Washington and will be featured in a new media gallery.

Colbert visited the museum on Friday to unveil a wax figure created to represent him. The museum says Colbert donated his own clothes to dress the figure in a suit, tie, cuff links and lapel pin. Colbert wore an identical outfit.

The new figure will be the centrepiece of a new media gallery with a replica of “The Colbert Report” set where guests can sit next to Colbert's figure behind his fake news desk.

Designers from Madame Tussauds went to Colbert's New York studio in June to take more than 250 measurements and photographs of the Comedy Central star to create the wax figure.

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