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With “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” coming to an unceremonious end earlier this week, tributes continue to pour in on social media memorializing Colbert<\/a> and his decade-plus run on CBS.<\/p>\n

Everyone from former Vice President Kamala Harris<\/a> to Bruce Springsteen offered up kind words and even guest musical appearances, respectively, to show how much the late-night talk show meant both to them, and entertainment in general.<\/p>\n

Hell, even the Democrats themselves posted on their X account about how thankful they are to have witnessed such a true comedic genius like Colbert ply his craft on national television.<\/p>\n

WHITE HOUSE FIRES BACK AFTER ROBERT DE NIRO, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN TAKE TRUMP SWIPES AMID COLBERT’S FAREWELL WEEK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

It’s bizarre that a show that was seemingly so popular came to such an abrupt end<\/a>, but if you really wanted a glimpse into one of the reasons why “The Late Show” wasn’t working out for CBS (other than the fact that large swaths of the country didn’t want to watch a DNC mouthpiece masquerading as a comedian), you will find it in a staff photo that is now going viral on social media.<\/p>\n

Longtime CNN correspondent (hey, look, another Democrat), Brian Stelter, has been going through his own stages of grief over the loss of “The Late Show,” posting everything from heartfelt thank-yous to Colbert and co. to shaking his fist at that evil orange man, Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And it’s in one of those tribute pictures that we see just how bloated the staff for “The Late Show” really was.<\/p>\n

You’re telling me this corpulent crew was losing CBS $40 million a year<\/a>? Yeah, I can actually believe that.<\/p>\n

Seriously, this is the team of people it took to write such masterful comedic salvos as “Skibidi Biden?”<\/p>\n

It takes fewer people to launch a rocket into outer space than it did for Colbert and his team to fart out a couple of lame jokes about Trump<\/a> being a Putin shill.<\/p>\n

This should really put into perspective how this whole operation was doomed to failure.<\/p>\n

ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

If shows with a quarter of the budget can get better ratings, then it doesn’t matter how many DNC figureheads come to Colbert’s defense<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Money talks and BS walks.<\/p>\n

If Colbert is as popular as the Democrats tell us he is, then he should have no problem landing on his feet with a new show of his own.<\/p>\n

I’m sure we will all be lining up around the block to check it out, too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/outkick-culture\/viral-staff-photo-reveals-bloated-stephen-colberts-late-show-operation-really <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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