Posted on 07/22/2025 9:13:47 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Stephen Colbert declared to Donald Trump that “the gloves are off” in his first broadcast since his Late Show was cancelled amid a political firestorm, as his fellow hosts lined up to defend him with Jon Stewart scathingly denouncing Paramount for trying to “censor and control” its hosts.
Colbert, the top-rated late-night talk show host in the US, said last week on his CBS show Late Night – which he took over from David Letterman in 2015 – that Paramount’s decision to pay a $16m settlement to Trump over another flagship CBS show, 60 Minutes, amounted to a “big fat bribe”. CBS is part of Paramount, which needs the Trump-controlled Federal Communications Commission to approve its $8bn sale to Skydance.
Paramount pulled the plug three days later, with Trump revelling in the firing of one of his most prolific detractors, posting on his Truth Social platform: “I absolutely love that Colbert was fired.”
Colbert came out swinging on Monday, telling Trump to “go **** yourself”.
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THAT CAN BE A 2 WAY STREET
This is great. Every time he opens his mouth he makes a bigger fool of himself.
Well he does have the right, but he never wrote his own material.
WTH?! Colbert never had the gloves on in the first place.
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Nor funny or entertaining.
Wish Colbert the worst. He’s scum of the earth
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He is doing what he can do with very limited talent, to make money.
He has a brother who was a teacher in South Carolina. From what I hear he was a good teacher (brother), although retired by now, surely.
This is what passes for comedy???!?
Not a big deal for me.
I’ve never seen him, but he sounds like a loon.
Sounds gross.
It would be interesting to see Colbert’s reaction to discovering a horse’s head in his bed.
Oh no, Colbert is threatening President Trump by taking his gloves off?? Stephen Colbert, you have feminine gloves while President Trump is wearing BOXING GLOVES. Stevie, try fighting something you might win before fight my President. Try a wet cardboard box, to see if you can win...
Or worse, an indictment because Colbert was part of the entire Russian hoax scheme.
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