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As talk show host Stephen Colbert<\/a> prepares to depart from his show, he condemned President Donald Trump during a Tuesday interview with The New York Times.<\/p>\n

CBS announced in July that it had canceled “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and that it would officially go off the air in May 2026. Liberal critics have accused CBS and Paramount of ending the show to appease Trump and receive approval for a long-planned merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media.<\/p>\n

Colbert spoke out about the saga in a New York Times interview<\/a> headlined, “Stephen Colbert Gets Ready to Hang It Up.” When asked by the Times why the FCC and Trump administration<\/a> are “focused” on him, Colbert argued this is simply authoritarians being authoritarians.<\/p>\n

“Authoritarians don\u2019t like anybody who doesn\u2019t give them undue dignity. Comedians are anti-authoritarian by nature. And authoritarians are never going to like anybody to laugh at them,” he said. “The number of newspeople who have said to me or Jon Stewart or any of the guys who do this, \u2018God, I wish I could say what you say on air.\u2019 And we can.”<\/p>\n

COLBERT’S MOST PARTISAN MOMENTS AS ‘LATE SHOW’ HOST, FROM LEADING BIDEN FUNDRAISER TO DANCING WITH SCHUMER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“I think that upsets them,” he added further. “I think it might be upsetting that we really do not live in their world of principalities and powers.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

The New York Times interviewer suggested that Colbert is one of many late-night hosts who “have become political targets,” and went on to ask, “Given how partisan late night has become, do you have any regrets that it\u2019s gotten to this point?”<\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t have any problem with Trump being a Republican,” Colbert said, whose fame was launched by acting as a parody of Republican commentators on his show “The Colbert Report.” “I have a problem with Trump being a complete narcissist who is only working for his own interest and does not appear to care if the entire world burns. That\u2019s not a partisan position.”<\/p>\n

COLBERT SKEWERS CBS FOR DENYING DEEP-SIXING OF CANDIDATE INTERVIEW, WHILE KIMMEL HOSTS DEMOCRATIC FUNDRAISER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“I have eyeballs and ears, and I think calling late-night partisan<\/a> is just roughing the ref,” he continued. “And we don\u2019t even want to be refs, but they perceive us as refs. I reject the partisan description. Partisan means you\u2019re never, ever going to make a joke about a Democrat, and that\u2019s just not true. There\u2019s just no comparison of how fertile the fields are.”<\/p>\n

Beyond mere costs or allegedly appeasing Trump, many argue that the replacement of Colbert\u2019s iteration of “The Late Show” appears to be a sign of the times in a changing media landscape. The sheer volume of podcasts, which appear to eclipse late-night shows<\/a>, as well as other media, has weakened their ratings, although the late-night stars all have large online presences.<\/p>\n

The final season of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” was recently\u00a0ripped by Variety as<\/u><\/a>\u00a0“not very good TV” and out of touch with everyday Americans as the host has been flattered by a parade of liberal celebrities.<\/p>\n

When contacted by Fox News Digital, a White House spokesman replied, “Stephen Colbert is a pathetic trainwreck with no talent and terrible ratings, which is exactly why CBS canceled his show and is booting him off the airwaves.”<\/p>\n

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