VIDEO: Stephen Colbert Calls Out Dove for Profiteering off Womens' Armpit Insecurities

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You know those Dove deodorant commercials that harp on about how ugly women's armpits are and how their product can fix that? Well, on his show last night, Stephen Colbert took Unilever, Dove's parent company, to task for creating a new category of insecurities for women to worry about—and then trying to make a buck off it. Armpits? Stephen Colbert? It's funny stuff.

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