‘The Gloves Are Off’: Colbert Addresses Cancelation And Tells Trump ‘Go F— Yourself’
UNITED STATES, JUL 21 – Colbert condemned CBS's $16 million settlement with Trump amid merger approval pressures, highlighting The Late Show's $40 million annual losses as the official reason for cancellation.
- On July 17, 2025, CBS announced the cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, citing a challenging late-night market, a CBS News report that described it as a purely financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night.
- Amid CBS's $8B merger talks, Colbert criticized CBS's $16 million settlement with Trump, sparking backlash and political pressure.
- In a Truth Social post, Donald Trump mocked `I absolutely love that Colbert got fired` and suggested `I hear Jimmy Kimmel is next`.
- Monday night saw Colbert deliver `Go f**k yourself` during his monologue, answering Trump's gloating with sharp defiance.
- The Late Show will conclude in May 2026, underscoring how legal and political tactics may chill dissent in media landscapes.
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Whose Politics Cancelled Stephen Colbert?
By Daniel McCarthy, The Daily Signal | July 23, 2025 Stephen Colbert is at the center of a conspiracy theory. It was born last week, when news broke of CBS canceling Colbert’s late-night talk show. The network’s move wasn’t hard to understand:“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” reportedly loses $40 million a year, and Colbert is already in the final year of his contract.Viewership for all the late-night gabfests is evaporating; there’s no recov…
Colbert Suggests Lost Money From Trump Lawsuit Could've Kept Him on Air
Stephen Colbert tried to suggest on Wednesday’s The Late Show that there was something contradictory or even hypocritical in CBS deciding to cancel him while parent company Paramount settled in a recent lawsuit with President Trump that could lead them to giving up around $36 million.
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