This eventually resulted in the identical twin cousin whose only visible difference from his cousin is his Ashley Olsen birthmark (the other Colbert has Mary-Kate).
That bit earned him a warning from a corporate lawyer of “another company” saying that he couldn’t use the character.
Colbert briefly resurrected his creation in full during the summer to talk about the election.
Colbert has brought in the cousin a few times since then, mostly to share his views on the 2016 election, but now we might never see him again.