The Chris Gethard Show's First Integration Features a Hilariously Bad Colonel Sanders Audition

Connor Ratliff, who tried out for the KFC campaign, gets another shot

KFC’s ongoing campaign featuring celebrity Colonel Sanders took a hilarious twist last night during the first integration on The Chris Gethard Show.

During truTV’s live, interactive talk show, Gethard noted that show correspondent and comedian Connor Ratliff had previously auditioned for Sanders last year, but did not win the part. So Ratliff donned a Colonel costume and reauditioned for the role, live. It doesn’t go very well, even after Gethard advises him to “chill out.” Eventually, after his Colonel becomes amorous, Gethard cuts him off: “Everyone’s just real weirded out, man.

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