Maybe when he was doing his "close encounter" sketch on SNL he was actually speaking from experience?
Woody Harrelson used his recent visit to The Late Show to tell host Stephen Colbert all about his 1974 encounter with aliens… though it taking quite a bit of prompting to get Harrelson to open up.
While chatting about Harrelson's SNL appearance where he joined Kate McKinnon for her latest abduction sketch, Colbert asked the actor if he believes in aliens.
"Yeah. I mean, I'm open-minded," Harrelson replied. When the late-night host pushed further, asking if the actor had experienced any close encounters himself, Harrelson was incredulous.
"Have I had an alien experience? You're really asking me if I've had an alien experience?" he asked, to the delight of the laughing studio audience.
Colbert defended himself, "I'm not saying 'Have you been abducted?,'" he began, then joked, "But if you have been abducted, now would be a great time to tell me! But have you like seen a UFO? 'Cause I have, I've seen stuff I can't explain."
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