On The Late Show Monday, Bob Woodward shared a previously unreleased audio excerpt from a conversation with President Donald Trump where the president once again revealed he understood how serious Covid-19 was in private while downplaying it public. The tape, Woodward told Stephen Colbert, came from an interview with Trump …
Read More »See Stephen Colbert Try to Explain Confusing Jussie Smollett Development
Stephen Colbert tried to parse the strange new development in the Jussie Smollett case on The Late Show Tuesday. Yesterday, prosecutors in Chicago announced that they were dropping all 16 charges against Smollett, who was accused of orchestrating a hate crime against himself (the Empire actor has repeatedly denied the …
Read More »Scott Pruitt Gets 'Hunger Games' Gag Treatment on 'Colbert'
Stephen Colbert donned a striped blue wig and silver suit for a new Hunger Games-inspired farewell to former head of the Environmental Protection Agency Scott Pruitt on Monday’s Late Show. Pruitt resigned last week. Resuming his role as Julius Flickerman, brother of the film’s Caesar Flickerman, Colbert’s The Hungry to …
Read More »Late-Night Hosts Roast Trump Over Revealing 'Fire and Fury' Excerpts
President Trump‘s alleged foibles were put on display in excerpts from Michael Wolff’s forthcoming book, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, earlier this week, and on Thursday, late night hosts added a few zingers of their own. Wolff’s tell-all portrays Trump and his administration in an oft-unflattering light …
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