Donald Trump celebrates “total jerk” Stephen Colbert leaving ‘The Late Show’: “He was like a dead person”
President Donald Trump can’t hide his glee at Stephen Colbert leaving CBS following the final episode of The Late Show.
After 11 years as the custodian of the late-night stalwart, the curtain was raised for the final time on May 21st following the expiration of Colbert’s contract with the broadcaster.
Notably, no new host will take the reigns and CBS has instead made the decision to remove The Late Show from its schedule.
According to CBS, the cancellation was “purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night”.
However, the exit of Colbert, a vocal critic of the Trump administration, did notably coincide with Paramount, the owner of CBS, seeking federal approval from the government to complete its merger with Skydance.
When it was confirmed last year that Colbert was out the door, Trump took to Truth Social to write, “I absolutely love that Colbert got fired. His talent was even less than his ratings.”
Now that the final episode has aired, Trump was quick to again run to Truth Social to express his delight that one of his biggest critics no longer had a nightly platform to air his grievances about the latest governmental decisions.
Trump wrote, “Colbert is finally finished at CBS. Amazing that he lasted so long! No talent, no ratings, no life. He was like a dead person. You could take any person off of the street and they would be better than this total jerk. Thank goodness he’s finally gone!”
It comes after Bruce Springsteen made an appearance on the penultimate episode of The Late Show to directly blame Trump for Colbert leaving CBS.
Before playing his protest anthem, ‘Streets of Minneapolis’, Springsteen said, “Stephen, I’m here in support tonight of Stephen because you’re the first guy in America whose lost his show because we’ve got a president who can’t take a joke. And because Larry and David Ellison feel they need to kiss his ass to get what they want.”
He added in solidarity, “Anyway, Stephen, these are small-minded people, they got no idea what the freedoms of this beautiful country are supposed to be about. This is for you.”
For his final episode, Colbert was joined by none other than Paul McCartney, who brought the show to a close with a triumphant rendition of The Beatles’ classic, ‘Hello, Goodbye’.
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