Putin Bans Images of Him as Gay Clown; Stephen Colbert Makes Video Showing Exactly That (Video)

Vladimir Putin has banned all pictures depicting him as a potentially gay clown, so “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert put together his own “artistic interpretation” of Russia’s president as exactly that.

In the animated video, the politician wears short cut off jeans and clown makeup, saying things like “I like boys” but concluding the video with, “seriously, you must work or I will have you killed.”

Russian outlets are having trouble figuring out exactly which image of the internet’s many memes depicting Putin as a gay clown — because it’s been banned.

According to the Washington Post, the picture was described last week by the Russian government as “extremism.”