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president donald trump Not the end of mourning The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
A day after the final episode of his late-night talk show aired, Trump, 79, shared an AI-generated video of himself and colbert62, passed
in the shared video On Friday, May 22, the AI ​​version of Trump and the AI ​​version of Colbert late night show and grabbed him by the shoulders. Trump then picked up Colbert and threw him into a trash can on stage. Trump closed the lid of the trash can with Colbert inside, then grinned and started dancing.
AI videos were also released Via the official White House account X, titled “Bye 👋”.
Stephen Colbert had a few words for President Donald Trump after The Late Show was canceled. “I absolutely love Colbert being fired. His talent isn’t even as good as his ratings,” Trump, 79, shared via his Truth social page on Friday, July 18, a day after Colbert, 61, announced he was canceling his show. Excellently, (…)
On Friday, Trump also commented on the social media platform “Truth Social” late night show‘s demise.
“Stephen Colbert’s firing from CBS is the ‘beginning of the end’ for the talentless, filthy, overpaid, unfunny, low-rated late night TV hosts,” Trump wrote. “Other talented people will soon follow suit. May they rest in peace!”
Colbert’s final episode airs Thursday, May 21, marks nearly a year since CBS announced in July 2025 that it was axing the show.
The move caused an immediate backlash from viewers at the time due to its popularity, and it was thought the decision may have been due to Colbert’s political rhetoric.
Stephen Colbert.
(Photo by Scott Kowalczyk/CBS via Getty Images)Network executives later issued a statement defending their call to terminate the show. The statement insisted the decision had “nothing to do with the show’s performance, content, or other matters happening at Paramount,” and claimed it was for financial reasons.
Critics are surprised Show canceled timePreviously, Colbert spoke on the show about CBS parent company Paramount settling what he called a “nuisance lawsuit” filed by Trump. President accuses 60 Minutes in lawsuit of unfairly editing Kamala Harris.
“I don’t question their rationale (it was financial reasons),” Colbert told new york times In April, when asked about viewers who questioned why his late-night talk show ended. “I do know how to joke.”
He added, “But I also completely understand why people would say (A) this doesn’t make sense to me, (B) this seems fishy to me,” he noted. “The network did itself a disservice by capitulating $20 billion to the Trump administration and ultimately settling for $16 million in what was a completely frivolous lawsuit.”