Trump Celebrates Late Show Cancellation: 'I Absolutely Love That Colbert Got Fired'

President Donald Trump is wasting no time in celebrating the news that CBS is officially cancelling Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show,” and wrote Friday on social media that vocal Trump critic and comedian Jimmy Kimmel might be “next” to lose his job on ABC.“I absolutely love that Colbert’ got fired,” Trump wrote Friday on his Truth Social platform.“His talent was even less than his ratings,” the president continued. “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.”Kimmel famously roasted Trump on one of the biggest stages of all, at the 2024 Oscars.CBS announced in a statement Thursday that the move is “purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night,” and said the cancellation is not related “in any way to the show’s performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount.”The “Late Show” cancellation does arrive mere days after Colbert torched CBS parent company Paramount Global, however, for settling a lawsuit with Trump for $16 million over a “60 Minutes” interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris.The agreement reportedly included a “side deal” for CBS to run at least $15 million worth of public service ads that promote causes Trump personally supports, which has raised huge concerns from press freedom advocates — which seemed to include Colbert.“As someone who has always been a proud employee of this network, I am offended,” the comedian and political pundit said during Monday’s monologue, his first after a vacation. “I don’t know if anything — anything — will repair my trust in this company.”Colbert went on to directly call the settlement a “big fat bribe,” presumably because the pending and highly publicised merger between Paramount and Skydance Media requires legal approval from the pro-Trump chair of the Federal Communications Commission.Trump went as far to suggest Friday that Fox News host Greg Gutfeld is funnier than Colbert.Colbert then slammed Paramount with a mock statement announcing that its “dignity” could be bought “for the low, low price of $16 million.” While it remains unsubstantiated that he was ousted specifically for this monologue, many are confident that’s the case.“CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump - a deal that looks like bribery,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote Friday on X, formerly Twitter.“America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons,” she continued.Related...Trump Lashes Out At Rupert Murdoch Over WSJ Epstein BombshellCBS Cancels 'Late Show,' Ending Stephen Colbert's Run After Decades On AirTrump Melts Down Over 'Jeffrey Epstein Hoax' — And The Internet Explodes

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