New Yorkers are still riding with Stephen Colbert despite CBS axing him from late night.
After announcing his show’s cancellation last week, the soon-to-be-former “Late Night” host was spotted having dinner with Paul Giamatti at celebrity hotspot Polo Bar on Monday. We hear there were “a riot” of patrons trying to send him well wishes during the duo’s meal.
“The manager kept blocking other people from going up to his table. It was really a riot,” a spy told Page Six.
Not even rock legend Rod Stewart, who was dining at a nearby table, could steal attention away from Colbert, we’re told.
Colbert and Giamatti’s meal came after the outgoing host hurled an f-bomb at President Donald Trump, who relished in his show’s cancelation last week.
“I absolutely love that Colbert was fired,” the prez wrote on Truth Social. (He predicted Jimmy Kimmel would be next).
“How dare you, sir? Would an untalented man be able to compose the following satirical witticism?,” Colbert told his “Late Night” audience Monday night in response. “Go f–k yourself.”
Colbert shocked his audience and the TV industry when he made the announcement about CBS canceling not only his show, but “The Late Show” franchise altogether after 33 years.
“The network will be ending ‘The Late Show’ in May,” Colbert, 61, said. “I’m not being replaced.This is all just going away,” he added.
CBS claimed to Variety that it was a “purely financial decision.”
“We consider Stephen Colbert irreplaceable and will retire ‘The Late Show’ franchise,” they said in a statement. “We are proud that Stephen called CBS home. He and the broadcast will be remembered in the pantheon of greats that graced late night television.”
Several of Colbert’s peers, including Andy Cohen, John Oliver and Jimmy Fallon have sounded off on the network’s decision. Colbert’s fans, and free-speech campaigners, have been protesting outside of the studio since the announcement.
Colbert announced the news just days after he slammed Paramount, CBS’ parent company, reaching a $16 million settlement with the Trump administration, calling the payout a “big fat bribe.”
On Monday, he vowed to continue to bring the pressure to Trump’s presidency.
“They made one mistake, they left me alive. For the next 10 months, the gloves are off,” Colbert said.