“That’s your wife.

You’re going to marry her.”

Stephen Colbert knew instantly his wife was the one.

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He saw her in a theater lobby and thought, her.

Youre going to marry her.

ALate Show with Stephen Colbertaudience member recently asked the host how he knew during a Q&A session.

Aw man, how long do we have?

joked Colbert, I will make this quick cause I like this story.

Colbert wanted to take a week home in Charleston, South Carolina to think it over.

Well do you love her?

And just like that, Colberts week was wide open.

The pair ran into each other in a food line at the shows after party.

As soon as they locked eyes, Colbert and Evelyn McGee realized they had grown up together.

Their families knew each other, and they went to different schools in the same area.

Colbert felt it was kismet.

She doesnt really like me.

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