This week's most shocking bombshell is CBS's announcement that The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has been cancelled. But the Late Show host isn't just going to let this slide. The long-running Colbert has got a few words to tell Trump amid the "end of Late Night shows."
How Did Stephen Colbert React to US President Donald Trump Cancelling His Show?
Colbert, 61, who has hosted the show for a decade, noted that he was only made aware of the cancellation the night before the big announcement. The Late Show, as of this writing, will end in May, with no host replacements, marking the end of the talk show on CBS.
The US President Donald Trump posted his thoughts on the network show getting canned: "I absolutely love that Colbert got fired. His talent was even less than his ratings."
This prompted Colbert to set his own words straight to the people and fans of the show: "How dare you, sir?" Colbert mocked the post on his own platform, "Would an untalented man be able to compose the following satirical witticism? Go f*** yourself." You can check it out yourself in the clip below:
In the same post, Trump was threatening that Jimmy Kimmel's Late Show might be next on his list, which Colbert refused to believe. "Nope. No, no. Absolutely not Kimmel," Colbert said, "I am martyr. There's only room for one on this cross, and I gotta tell you, the view is fantastic from up here."
Why Did The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Get Cancelled?
According to The New York Post, the cancellation of Late Night resulted from CBS-parent Paramount Global after settling a high-profile lawsuit with President Trump, involving a $16-million settlement over the alleged deceptive editing of a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris.
"It's not just the end of our show, but it's the end of The Late Show on CBS," Colbert said, "I'm not being replaced. This is all just going away." The decision, unfortunately, came after Colbert's return from his two-day vacation.
Paramount Co-CEO George Cheeks, who oversees CBS, claimed it was "purely a financial decision" to cancel a show that has been running since 1993. The Post also reported that the show was losing between $40 million and $50 million annually; Puck News reported that the show's annual production cost reached $100 million.
However, despite what these sources stated, Colbert quipped that it was beyond that, "I believe this kind of complicated financial sentiment with a sitting government official has a technical name in legal circles. It's a 'big fat bribe. '"
Trump had called for Colbert's termination in September (LA Times). Meanwhile, CBS previously denied that their settlement and merger talks with Skydance, the potential new owner of the studio, are connected.
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