For the next ten months Stephen Colbert can finally speak unvarnished truth to power, including in response to the president’s post celebrating The Late Show’s cancellation, and about the creepy birthday letter Donald Trump sent to his good pal Jeffrey Epstein.
Donald Trump came after Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon in a Truth Social post Tuesday (July 22), celebrating what he called the downfall of late-night television and predicting more exits to come. While the network cited financial reasons, the timing raised eyebrows. Just days earlier, Colbert criticized CBS’s parent company, Paramount, for settling a lawsuit with Trump for $16 million. Colbert addressed the cancellation on July 21 during his Monday night monologue, making it clear he planned to use his remaining time to criticize Trump without restraint. Outside the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York, about 100 people gathered before the taping to protest the show’s cancellation.
