Controversy isn’t exclusive to this year’s presidential campaign and candidates; it’s also swirling around “The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert — Sad! When his popular conservative pundit character from the “The Colbert Report” made an appearance at the Republican National Convention, it was “thanks to corporate lawyers” that it would no longer appear on “The Late Show.”

Apparently, after the RNC appearance, counsel for Viacom, the parent company of Comedy Central, contacted counsel for CBS and warned them that Stephen Colbert’s alter ego is their intellectual property. Funnyman Colbert quipped that this was surprising because he never considered the character much of an intellectual to begin with. And because he couldn’t reasonably argue that he owns his own face and name, he came up with a solution. He introduced to the show his “identical twin cousin, Stephen Colbert,” who, not surprisingly, bears the same personality as the original Comedy Central character.

So, who owns “Stephen Colbert” — Stephen Colbert or Viacom? Share your “werds” with us on Twitter, @LLMinc.