Stephen Colbert Comes After Donald Trump at CBS’s Upfront, LOL!
CBS’s upfront was this morning, which is an event where the network presents its upcoming season and breaking news to advertisers. So of course, one of the network’s biggest stars Stephen Colbert had to attend the event at Carnegie Hall.
His whole monologue was basically a joke about Donald Trump.
“It’s a great year for The Late Show,” he began, as reported by Entertainment Weekly, “and I could not have done it without a visionary leader, a legend of television, who made the late show what it is — thank you, Donald Trump. It’s an honor to be on stage every night talking about that day’s Trump scandal. Unfortunately, the hour I spend on stage means I’m often missing the breaking news of tomorrow’s Trump scandal. So by the time a monologue airs I can sound as out of touch as about the White House as Sean Spicer does… Speaking of Sean Spicer, I don’t know if you’ve seen him lately, it helps to have a pair of hedge trimmers around.”
He later said his monologue felt like a White House press conference: “I’m out here, I’m just going to say whatever my boss told me to, and I’m going to leave without answering any of your questions,” he joked. “This administration has been just as strange as I imagined it would be. At this point, there’s really only one word to describe this president and the FCC is asking us not use it anymore. The president recently had some harsh words to say about me. He said my language is not appropriate for The Late Show because kids are watching. Who says only old people watch CBS? Thank you, Mr. President! Clearly, we’re number one in the coveted demo of age 6-to-10 insomniacs.”
He also added: “The president and I have this in common: We’re both TV hosts who spend most of our time talking about Donald Trump. Of course, unlike Trump my guests know they’re being taped.”