Needless to say, the whole situation has been met with uproar from big name celebrities as well as viewers, with Jimmy Kimmel leading the charge against CBS when he posted: “Love you, Stephen. Fuck you and all your Sheldons, CBS,” seemingly referring to the network’s many Big Bang Theory spin-offs about the character Sheldon.
Trump, however, had quite the opposite reaction. After the news broke, he took to Truth Social to laud CBS for the decision, writing: “I absolutely love that Colbert got fired. His talent was even less than his ratings.”
Responding to the post, Stephen said: “How dare you, sir? Would an untalented man be able to compose the following satirical witticism?” an onscreen frame then appeared around the host, captioned “Eloquence Cam.” Stephen looked directly into the camera and pointedly said: “Go fuck yourself.”
Stephen vowed to spend the last season of his show speaking “unvarnished truth to power,” telling viewers: “Over the weekend, it sunk in that they’re killing off our show, but they made one mistake: They left me alive. And now, for the next 10 months, the gloves are off.”
It then cut to an animation of Trump embracing the Paramount logo before panicking and sheepishly diving to the floor when he realized they were on screen.
“Guys, stop!” Stephen then shouted. “I’m sorry, I just got this note from corporate… Your song has been cancelled… It says here it’s a purely financial decision.”
Also on Monday, Jon Stewart lashed out at Paramount for the cancellation over on his show, the Daily Show, which airs under the same parent company. He said: “I understand the corporate fear. I understand the fear that you and your advertisers have with $8 billion at stake, but understand this, truly, the shows you now seek to cancel, censor, and control, a not insignificant portion of that $8 billion value came from these fucking shows. That’s what made you that money.”
