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Colbert Talks Aporkalypse, Suggests Building Underground Shelter To Survive (VIDEO)

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Okay, so we sort of freaked a lot of people out with the news of the coming aporkalypse. First of all, we'd like to tell you not to worry so much -- it's probably not coming.

We could have guessed that Stephen Colbert was going to weigh in on the potentially looming pork crisis though. He makes a very valid point, "We're all going to die...much later than we thought thanks to the reduced salt and nitrates in our diet."

Nonetheless, he has a plan. "I am presently building an underground shelter and stocking it with all the salted hog meat I can find," he says. This includes Jon Hamm, naturally.

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