Multimillionaire Stephen Colbert Dismisses Soaring Gas Prices: ‘A Clean Conscience Is Worth a Buck or Two’
Let Them Eat Lithium. Left-wing CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert, who boasts a reported personal net worth of approximately $75 million, professes to being entirely untroubled by soaring U.S. gas prices, admitting he takes comfort in the fact he drives a Tesla.
On Monday night the electric car evangelist laid out just why he travels with a "clean conscienc" as he commutes into Manhattan while others outside his elite struggle to fill their tanks just to go to work or carry their family around.
“Today, the average gas price in America hit an all-time record high of over $4/gallon. OK, that stings, but a "clean conscienc" is worth a buck or two. It’s important. I’m willing to pay $4/gallon. Hell, I’ll pay $15 a gallon b/c I drive a Tesla,” Stephen Colbert said.
