The late-night host said the president was distracting from the criticism over his administration's handling of the Epstein files.

Stephen Colbert feigned surprise at reports that the president had already been told he was in the Epstein files: “But he said he hardly knew the guy!”

"The word is, and it's a strong word at that, Jimmy Kimmel is NEXT to go in the untalented Late Night Sweepstakes and, shortly thereafter, Fallon will be gone," Trump wrote. The president continued on, slamming Kimmel and Fallon for having "absolutely NO TALENT" and even blamed them for "destroying what used to be GREAT Television."

Stephen Colbert returned to “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on Monday night for the first time since announcing the show would be canceled next spring. With days to process the news and a full monologue to work with,

Stewart admitted that he was “certainly not the most objective to comment on this matter” before sharing his feelings about the end of “The Late Show.”

President Trump scores a big win on Capitol Hill, but at the same time he's trying to quiet a growing controversy over the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. He's now pushing to release grand jury testimony from Epstein's sex trafficking case.

In July 2025, Stephen Colbert, host of "The Late Show" on CBS, announced he would move to CNN when his contract ended. Rating: False (About this rating?) After the television network CBS announced in July 2025 that it would cancel comedian Stephen Colbert's late-night talk show,