In a long-overdue move, CBS and its parent company Paramount have finally pulled the plug on Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show,” much to the delight of conservatives who have long criticized the host for his relentless Trump Derangement Syndrome and lack of actual comedic talent. For years, Colbert’s show was less about comedy and more about left-wing political attacks, alienating millions of viewers who just wanted entertainment, not endless political screeds.
Conservative audiences have been quick to celebrate this news, seeing it as a sign that the tired “woke” comedy era might be facing its reckoning. And President Donald Trump, never one to miss an opportunity to weigh in, wasted no time roasting Colbert—and suggesting that fellow late-night hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon could be next on the chopping block.
Speaking to Real America’s Voice reporter Brian Glenn during a press conference on August 6, Trump was asked whether the cancellations of Colbert and Howard Stern’s radio show signaled a broader collapse of woke entertainment. The president didn’t hold back.
“Howard Stern is a name I haven’t heard — I used to do his show, we used to have fun — but I haven’t heard that name in a long time,” Trump remarked. When Glenn explained Stern was parting ways with SiriusXM over disagreements, Trump added, “You know when he went down? When he endorsed Hillary Clinton. He lost his audience. People said, ‘Give me a break.’ He went down when he endorsed Hillary Clinton.”
On the topic of Colbert, Trump was blunt: “Colbert has no talent. I mean, I could take anybody here. I could go outside in the beautiful streets and pick a couple of people that do just as well or better. They’d get higher ratings than he did. He’s got no talent.”
Trump didn’t stop there. He threw shade at Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel as well, predicting their downfall. “Fallon has no talent. Kimmel has no talent. They’re next. They’re going to be going. I hear they’re going to be going. I don’t know, but I would imagine because they’d get—you know, Colbert has better ratings than Kimmel or Fallon.”
This isn’t the first time Trump has publicly taken aim at the late-night lineup known for their liberal bias. After news of Colbert’s cancellation broke, Trump took to Truth Social to declare, “The word is, and it’s a strong word at that, Jimmy Kimmel is NEXT to go in the untalented Late Night Sweepstakes and, shortly thereafter, Fallon will be gone.”
He hammered them further, calling them “people with absolutely NO TALENT, who were paid Millions of Dollars for, in all cases, destroying what used to be GREAT Television. It’s really good to see them go, and I hope I played a major part in it!”
For years, these late-night hosts turned political attack machines alienated vast swaths of the American public by obsessively targeting President Trump and conservative values. Their one-sided, woke comedy wasn’t just unfunny—it was a betrayal of the art of entertainment itself.
Now, as the era of woke late-night comedy appears to be crumbling, conservatives are enjoying a rare moment of victory. The fall of Colbert’s show is just the beginning, and with Trump predicting more to come, the long overdue cleanup of Hollywood’s political echo chambers may be underway. The message is clear: Americans want humor, not hostility—and they’re done tolerating the partisan attacks disguised as comedy.
