President Trump couldn’t include his glee over CBS’ cancellation of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” — and he predicted that ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel could be subsequent to get the ax.
“I absolutely love that Colbert got fired,” the president wrote Friday in a publish on Fact Social. “His talent was even less than his ratings.”
Trump added that he heard Kimmel “is next” and that he “has even less talent than Colbert!”
“Greg Gutfeld is better than all of them combined, including the Moron on NBC who ruined the once great Tonight Show,” Trump stated, throwing in an obvious dig at Jimmy Fallon as nicely.
Gutfeld’s eponymous present airs on Fox an hour earlier than most main late night time exhibits start.
CBS’s choice to yank Colbert off the air got here weeks after its mum or dad firm, Paramount International, introduced it had agreed to pay Trump $16 million to settle his lawsuit alleging a “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris was deceptively edited.
Colbert later referred to the settlement as a “a big fat bribe,” on condition that Paramount is at present in search of authorities approval for an $8 billion merger with Skydance Media.
“As someone who has always been a proud employee of this network, I am offended,” he stated. “And I don’t know if anything will ever repair my trust in this company, but just taking a stab at it, I’d say $16 million would help.”
Colbert on Thursday then confirmed throughout a stay taping Thursday that the “network will be ending the show in May [2026].”
“Love you, Stephen,” he wrote in an Instagram publish. “F–k you and all your Sheldons, CBS.”
His remark is an obvious reference to “The Big Bang Theory,” which has spawned a number of spin-offs on CBS, together with “Young Sheldon” and “Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriage.” A 3rd, “Stuart Fails to Save the Universe,” was additionally introduced earlier this month.
CBS in an announcement defended its choice as a “purely a financial one against a challenging backdrop in late night.”
Colbert took over internet hosting duties in 2015 after the retirement of David Letterman, who joined the community in 1993. The present has routinely been the highest-rated late-night program throughout Colbert’s tenure.
