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Stephen Colbert declares ‘gloves are off’ as cancelled Late Show host takes aim at Trump
The Guardian ^ | Tue 22 Jul 2025 | Sian Cain, Chris Michael

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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To: MinorityRepublican

Go Away Richard Cranium


21 posted on 07/22/2025 9:23:30 AM PDT by BigEdLB (Schiff to GITMO)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Pshh! When has he NOT gone after Trump? Chees, Colbert, take it up with CBS.


22 posted on 07/22/2025 9:23:36 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: marron

Yep, they would have us believe up to now,he has been restrained in his comments about Trump.


23 posted on 07/22/2025 9:24:10 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: MinorityRepublican

Good late your hate drive you to legally actionable idiocy. Trump can then bankrupt you via legal action

The receipts are there. The show is canceled because no one watches.


24 posted on 07/22/2025 9:25:23 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

“””Colbert came out swinging on Monday, telling Trump to “go **** yourself”.”””

Not a wise thing to say to the POTUS.


25 posted on 07/22/2025 9:26:00 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: MinorityRepublican

“Stephen Colbert declares ‘gloves are off’”

that may be, but i don’t think Stephen is yet quite old enough to go on late night TV on some obscure cable/satellite channel and hawk some worthless crap to semi-senile nursing home residents who can’t sleep ... so, maybe he can start a podcast that no one listens to like all the other propaganda-spouting leftists who’ve quit or been fired ...


26 posted on 07/22/2025 9:26:01 AM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: MinorityRepublican

That little faggot ?
No one is afraid of him.


27 posted on 07/22/2025 9:26:29 AM PDT by Palio di Siena (Kralik…..you get the wallet)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Fun fact:
Trump will still have his job this time next year. Colbert will not.


28 posted on 07/22/2025 9:27:05 AM PDT by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Who cares.


29 posted on 07/22/2025 9:27:47 AM PDT by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

CBS/Paramount is in the process of being purchased by Sky Dance and they don’t want the deadwood like Colberts show when the sign the deal.


30 posted on 07/22/2025 9:28:06 AM PDT by vivenne (7Come to think of it. Fact)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Scan of Colbert's maggot infested brain
31 posted on 07/22/2025 9:28:11 AM PDT by BigEdLB (Schiff to GITMO)
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To: MinorityRepublican

So Stevie, who is already perpetually angry, will be getting even angrier, which will shrink his audience even further. Perhaps he should go in the opposite direction by being funny and trying to make people laugh, as comedians are supposed to do. That would boost his ratings.


32 posted on 07/22/2025 9:28:46 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: MinorityRepublican

One Note Johnny


33 posted on 07/22/2025 9:29:06 AM PDT by Az Joe (Live free or die)
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To: catnipman
maybe he can start a podcast that no one listens to like all the other propaganda-spouting leftists who’ve quit or been fired

He may not want to do it. He'll have to hire one or two employees to set up a studio at his home. He'll have to put in some work.

He won't have the budget of the The Late Show.

34 posted on 07/22/2025 9:29:36 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

I’m sure he’ll be funnier than ever! /s


35 posted on 07/22/2025 9:29:43 AM PDT by PTBAA
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To: CatOwner

If this means he is going to get even more extreme, he may lose it along the way and end up saying something actionable before he’s done.


36 posted on 07/22/2025 9:30:00 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

lol, bring it on colbert


37 posted on 07/22/2025 9:30:29 AM PDT by ConservativeDude
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To: Palio di Siena

Probably pink lace gloves.


38 posted on 07/22/2025 9:30:35 AM PDT by KingLudd
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To: MinorityRepublican

Maybe he’s channeling Johnnie Cochran.


39 posted on 07/22/2025 9:31:28 AM PDT by Track9 (Make haste slowly. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

I never listened to this POS when he was on the Daily Show, or his own show. Doesn’t matter to me what he says.

It’s all lies and made-up Leftist fantasy anyways.


40 posted on 07/22/2025 9:31:28 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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