{"id":241824,"date":"2026-05-22T18:39:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T18:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/donald-trump-bashes-stephen-colbert-as-total-jerk-and-dead-person-in-bizarre-rant-following-final-late-show\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T18:39:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T18:39:13","slug":"donald-trump-bashes-stephen-colbert-as-total-jerk-and-dead-person-in-bizarre-rant-following-final-late-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/donald-trump-bashes-stephen-colbert-as-total-jerk-and-dead-person-in-bizarre-rant-following-final-late-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Bashes Stephen Colbert as &#8216;Total Jerk&#8217; and &#8216;Dead Person&#8217; In Bizarre Rant Following Final &#8216;Late Show&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As you\u2019ve likely heard by now, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/05\/ahead-of-stephen-colberts-final-show-jimmy-kimmel-tells-viewers-dont-ever-watch-cbs-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stephen Colbert hosted the final episode of <em>The Late Show<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>Many believe that CBS\u2019 decision to cancel the show was politically motivated, as Colbert often cracked jokes at the expense of the White House, and the network\u2019s parent company, Paramount, had recently been acquired by the Trump-supporting Ellison family.<\/p>\n<p>Paramount has maintained that the decision was a purely financial one, but President Trump made it clear that he couldn\u2019t be happier to see Colbert bid adieu.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2275693696-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at a 'Rose Garden Club' dinner for National Police Week in the Rose Garden at the White House on May 11, 2026 in Washington, DC. \" class=\"wp-image-555617 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2275693696-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2275693696-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2275693696-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2275693696-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2275693696-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2275693696-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2275693696-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2275693696-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at a \u2018Rose Garden Club\u2019 dinner for National Police Week in the Rose Garden at the White House on May 11, 2026 in Washington, DC. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p> \u201cColbert is finally finished at CBS. Amazing that he lasted so long! No talent, no ratings, no life,\u201d Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform today, adding:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was like a dead person. You could take any person off of the street and they would be better than this total jerk. Thank goodness he\u2019s finally gone!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s parting shot at Colbert didn\u2019t come as much of a surprise.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the president basically announced in advance that he would be dunking on the comic following his final show (probably not a situation the framers of the Constitution ever envisioned!).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll have a message at a later date,\u201d Trump told reporters earlier this week.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-22-at-2.25.51-PM-1024x527.png\" alt=\"President Trump lashed out at Stephen Colbert following the late night host's final show.\" class=\"wp-image-555631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-22-at-2.25.51-PM-1024x527.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-22-at-2.25.51-PM-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-22-at-2.25.51-PM-768x395.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-22-at-2.25.51-PM-960x494.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-22-at-2.25.51-PM-1080x556.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-22-at-2.25.51-PM.png 1178w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-22-at-2.25.51-PM-1024x527.png\" alt=\"President Trump lashed out at Stephen Colbert following the late night host's final show.\" class=\"wp-image-555631 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-22-at-2.25.51-PM-1024x527.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-22-at-2.25.51-PM-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-22-at-2.25.51-PM-768x395.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-22-at-2.25.51-PM-960x494.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-22-at-2.25.51-PM-1080x556.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-22-at-2.25.51-PM.png 1178w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-22-at-2.25.51-PM.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Trump lashed out at Stephen Colbert following the late night host\u2019s final show.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Truth Social)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This, of course, is not the first time that Trump has lashed out at a late night host.<\/p>\n<p>He and members of his family and administration have repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/04\/melania-trump-demands-abc-fire-jimmy-kimmel-following-expectant-widow-joke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called for Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s ABC show to be canceled<\/a> in the wake of jokes Kimmel has mde about Trump.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/stephen-colbert-reveals-whether-he-has-any-fear-trump-after-the-late-show-cancellation-exclusive-11978379\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">People<\/a><\/em>, Colbert suggested that it was beneath the president\u2019s dignity to fixate on jokes made by late night hosts.<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel was one of many TV personalities to speak out in Colbert\u2019s defense after CBS announced plans to cancel <em>The Late Show<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Does Donald Trump have a message for Stephen Colbert ahead of his CBS finale?  \u201cI\u2019ll have a message at a later date,\u201d Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews this afternoon. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VsS3LKoVxY\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/VsS3LKoVxY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LateNighter (@latenightercom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/latenightercom\/status\/2057222010875617308?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 20, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re clowns,\u201d Colbert said of late-night hosts in general. \u201cHow much does it diminish the office of the Presidency to even notice what we say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Colbert\u2019s show is set to be replaced by <em>Comics Unleashed<\/em>, a standup showcase created by media mogul Byron  Allen.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has yet to remark on Allen of the network\u2019s scheduling decision.<\/p>\n<p>But we know that the president enjoys staying up late to watch TV and use social media \u2014 his anti-Colbert rant was posted at 1:52 am this morning.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/05\/donald-trump-bashes-stephen-colbert-as-total-jerk-and-dead-person-in-bizarre-rant-following-final-late-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes As you\u2019ve likely heard by now, Stephen Colbert hosted the final episode of The Late Show on Thursday night. Many believe that CBS\u2019 decision to cancel the show was politically motivated, as Colbert often cracked jokes at the expense of the White House, and the network\u2019s parent company, Paramount, had recently [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":241825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-241824","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}