The news comes after the announcement that The Late Show with Stephen Colbert would end in May 2026.
Donald Trump attacked the presenters of night interview programs Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallonpredicting that they will be the “next” after it was announced that The Late Show with Stephen Colbert It would end in May 2026.
Shortly after the news, Trump celebrated on social networks, writing: “I love that Colbert has been fired” and that “his talent was even less than his audience rates.”
However, Colbert received the support of his fellow presenter Kimmel, who shared on Instagram: “I love you, Stephen. That you and all your Sheldons, CBS” (in reference to the franchise The Big Bang Theory).
During a press conference at the White House on Wednesday (August 6), the president of the United States commented in person about the end of the late show and said again: “Colbert has no talent”.
Then he mentioned Fallon and Kimmel, who have criticized Trump in the past, and said: “Fallon has no talent, Kimmel has no talent. They are the following, as I understand, they will go”he commented.
The end of the end of the Stephen Colbert program
Last month, Stephen Colberta staunch critic of Trump, announced the end of his long program and the withdrawal of the Late Show franchise. The presenter assumed control of the program in 2015, from the hands of David Lettermanwho had presented it since its creation in 1993.
It is rumored that cancellation was related to the fusion between the parent company Paramount and Skydancewhich needed to be ratified by the Trump administration.
Although CBS said the measure was taken by “Purely financial reasons”many have speculated that it was done to facilitate fusion.
Source: Ambito
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