Stephen Colbert monologue that cost him his job... speaking truth to power

[mysteryowl]

July 14, 2025

Key segment @2 minutes - 4 minutes

[BannonsLiver]

1. I'm suspicious of anyone who says this wasn't political.

Have seen that point made in other threads.

[mdbl]

5. It isn't unlikely that Paramount threw him under the bus

They want Dump's FCC's cooperation in their corporate greed shit.

[GiqueCee]

13. I'd be...

... MORE than suspicious. Any and every dealing with the Gangrenous Boil on the Ass of Humanity is transactional, and even as dirt stupid as Trump so obviously is, he still has a simian sense of when it's safe to punch down from his seemingly unassailable position of power. But that 3-legged stool is getting wobbly, and it's gonna drop him in a putrid puddle of his own bullshit much sooner than he might think. We can but hope.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. If you believe this wasn't political then you probably believe Epstein committed suicide

[SocialDemocrat61]

11. There are some who are furiously claiming it's not

and their reasoning is based solely on it happening next May. But there are numerous financial and contractual issues that are probably more likely to be the reason.

[Bayard]

3. Forget that First Amendment thing,

[Kid Berwyn]

4. "We all thought that once."

Colbert may have lost his job, but he keeps his integrity.

[mdbl]

7. Let's hope he gets on another network

After all, he was the number one show in his time slot. I would love to see NBC replace Jimmy Fallon with Stephen.

[Auggie]

10. Good idea for Netflix, to counter Bill Maher on HBO

Different format of course, and maybe twice a week instead of once.

[Kid Berwyn]

12. CBS screwing up a lot.

The corporation gave in to Trump's shakedown.

They tossed Colbert to appease Trump.

They don't know there'll be more demands. It's what mobsters do.

Hey! Has anyone seen the Constitution lately?

[Auggie]

6. CBS will return to the late night talk show business one of these days ...

but with a banal host like Jay Leno or Jimmy Fallon. It's easy money, which is why there are so many of them.

[mdbl]

8. And I won't be watching.

Just like I don't watch them now. Besides Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel is my other late night favorite.

[live love laugh]

9. I regretted missing the show until I saw Stephen A. Smith was a guest. He carries beau coup water for Trump.

[aggiesal]

14. The best line was the very last line ...

Team Captain: I thought he was going to exit the stage, but he wanted to stay.
Cobert: Yeah, we all thought that once.

[Cha]

15. And, Then CBS LIES about Why they

Fired Stephen Colbert.

[MrChuck]

16. We have to begin to acknowledge something unfamiliar in the US.

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Decisions are going to be made to placate the emperor, there is no doubt.
Decisions will also be made in order to protect people FROM the emperor.
I'm not saying that's what this is. In fact it probably isn't.
What we must acknowledge is that the best victory we can hope to enjoy in a time like this is to survive and see a time when this trend is rebuked and evildoers are brought to justice.

[twodogsbarking]

17. When you shit where you eat this happens. He was in de facto asking for it.

I am behind him all the way and think the guy is great. His wife is a princess. She was great during his home shows.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

18. Meh, I'm glad Stephen is in love with his

wife, Evie, and I'm sure she's a lovely person, but neither my partner nor I ever found her her nearly entertaining enough to be on the show, neither during the COVID/home nor the Ed Sullivan Theater epidodes.

And speaking of shitting (which I generally choose to avoid), his bold speaking-truth-to-power, both anti-Trump & anti-corporate whoring by CBS/Paramount, was what made him so very popular and his corporate overlords a shitload of money. They ought to have appreciated that more.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

19. An Eye for an Aye