Re: "Go Fuck Yourself": Colbert Unleashes Anti-Trump Tirade Amid Report His Show Loses $40M Annually

moviePig <[email protected]> Thu, 24 Jul 2025 10:56:00 -0400
Newsgroups rec.arts.tv,alt.tv.talkshows,alt.bitterness,alt.whine,alt.politics.trump
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On 7/23/2025 7:18 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> Ubiquitous <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Late-night host Stephen Colbert went on a lengthy tirade against President
>> Donald Trump during Monday night’s episode of “The Late Show,” addressing a
>> report that his program loses $40 million per season.
>>
>> Several comedians and fellow hosts showed up for the latest episode to
>> support Colbert and bash Trump.
>>
>> At one point, Colbert responded to Trump’s celebratory social media post
>> about the show being canceled, in which the president taunted Colbert,
>> saying, “His talent was even less than his ratings.”
>>
>> “How dare you, sir,” Colbert said. “Would an untalented man be able to
>> compose the following satirical witticism? Go f*** yourself!”
>>
>> “Cancel culture has gone too far,” Colbert said during his monologue. “Last
>> week, we learned that ‘The Late Show’ will be ending in May. I want to thank
>> everybody who reached out to me over the weekend, including one text from an
>> unknown number, offering a high-paying IT work-from-home job for only two to
>> three hours a day. Yes, I am very interested and I will be sending you my
>> routing number in May. Daddy needs a job.”
>>
>> The host mentioned how it’s now sunk in that CBS is “killing” his show.
>>
>> “But they made one mistake. They left me alive. Now, for the next 10 months,
>> the gloves are off. I can finally speak unvarnished truth to power and say
>> what I really think about Donald Trump. I don’t care for him. Doesn’t have
>> the skillset to be president,” Colbert continued.
>>
> 
> I hope CBS if not the FCC fines him a six figure penalty every time he
> pulls this crap. 

What rule (spoken or unspoken) did he violate?