Stephen Colbert donates $400K from book sales to Hurricane Florence relief

In a Facebook post Thursday night, Gov. Roy Cooper posted a photo of a check for $412,412 made out to the North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund next to a photo of Colbert’s book “Whose Boat is This Boat? Comments That Don’t Help in the Aftermath of a Hurricane”.

The spoof-book’s title and contents were inspired by Trump’s comments last September regarding a boat that had washed up in a New Bern resident’s yard following Hurricane Florence.

Trump told the owner of the home where the yacht washed up, “At least you got a good boat out of the deal” and “Have a good time.”

In his Facebook post, Cooper says “All barbecue jokes aside, a huge thank you to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert for donation a portion of the proceeds from his book to the North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund.”