Donald Trump has just weighed in on last night’s news that CBS is canceling The Late Show with Stephen Colbert—and, unsurprisingly, he’s celebrating (and taking aim at several other late-night hosts along the way).
“I absolutely love that Colbert got fired,” Trump wrote Friday morning on Truth Social. “His talent was even less than his ratings. I hear Jimmy Kimmel is next. 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.”
The post is Trump’s latest swipe at Colbert, who has spent years sharply lampooning the former president and, more recently, criticizing CBS parent company Paramount for what he called a “big fat bribe”—a reference to the company’s $16 million settlement with Trump lawsuit over 60 Minutes. That settlement came just weeks before CBS’s parent company, Paramount, entered final negotiations to sell to Skydance Media—whose owners are allies of Trump.
It was last September when Trump called for Colbert’s firing in another Truth Social post, calling the CBS host “not funny,” “not wise,” and “VERY BORING,”
At the time, Trump wrote “CBS should terminate [Colbert’s] contract and pick almost anyone, right off the street, who would do better.”
CBS has denied that Colbert’s cancellation is connected to the Paramount-Skydance deal or any political pressure, insisting it was “purely a financial decision.” The network praised Colbert and announced it would retire The Late Show brand altogether rather than find a replacement. Still, the timing has raised eyebrows, with critics questioning whether CBS is bowing to pressure from the incoming ownership and the political right.
Trump’s gloating post extends beyond Colbert. He suggests Jimmy Kimmel (whose contract with Disney expires next spring) “is next” and once again mocks NBC’s Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon, whom he previously derided as “pathetic” for apologizing over his “humanizing” 2016 hair-tousling interview with Trump. The only late-night figure he praises? Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld, whom he calls “better than all of them combined.”
Kimmel, a longtime Trump critic and frequent punchline target, showed his support for Colbert Thursday night with an Instagram Reel that read: “Love you Stephen. F*ck you CBS and all your Sheldons.”
Colbert remains at CBS through May 2026, when his contract ends.
Good riddance
We could not understand you, with Donnie’s phallus in your maw!
Colbert saw us through the pandemic, broadcasting from home throughout those disatrous times. Those times when Trumps total incompetence made covid much worse than it should have bid. So Stephen take a little time off for you will be back when Orange man dissapears soon.
Donald Trump will be ‘next.’ Remember Osama bin Laden??