Colbert Discusses His Viewpoints During Interview
The end of Late Night with Stephen Colbert may not have come as a shock, but it did come with a predictable cast of characters and, perhaps, an even more predictable spin.
On the very night Colbert announced the show’s cancellation, his chosen guest wasn’t a cultural icon or a comic foil — it was Sen. Adam Schiff, the Democrat best known for his starring role in Trump-era impeachment theatrics. That booking choice spoke volumes. It also echoed a pattern: we dug through the archives and found that Colbert has only ever invited a single Republican guest onto the show in its nearly decade-long run. That Republican? Liz Cheney — herself reviled by much of the GOP base and hardly a stand-in for the party’s current energy.
Colbert: "People perceive me as this sort of lefty figure. I'm more conservative than people think."
He finally said something funny. pic.twitter.com/cjltnYZ98S
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) November 4, 2025
So when the media rushed to blame Donald Trump for pressuring the network to cancel Late Night, it was more performance than reporting. Trump, they claimed, couldn’t handle Colbert’s “dangerous” voice. That’s rich — this from the same entertainment-political complex that routinely brands conservative satire as misinformation, then shields its own from accountability.
> He finally said something funny
Indeed, because there is absolutely NOTHING conservative about Colbert.
I'd love for him to outline exactly what he thinks is conservative that he supports, because I'm pretty sure it's just a liberal position instead of a hardcore leftist.
— Phineas J. Spratt (@alongtheway) November 4, 2025
To be clear, Colbert’s show isn’t disappearing overnight. He’ll reportedly finish out his contract through May. But the writing is on the wall: a show built entirely around mocking a single political figure — and ignoring, dismissing, or outright demonizing the worldview of tens of millions of Americans — eventually hits a wall.
@StephenAtHome Reasonable people who think critically view you as a biased, dishonest, virtue-signaling, self-righteous hypocrite, based on your actions. Conservative or not, it doesn't matter.
— Ani (@mtmmht) November 4, 2025
And let’s not forget the bizarre media side plots. Jimmy Kimmel’s brief suspension after blaming Charlie Kirk for an assassination attempt spun into its own firestorm — one that culminated in a shooting at an ABC affiliate by a radical activist reportedly enraged by Kimmel’s punishment. And yet, in the echo chamber, this was somehow spun as a Trump problem. Colbert, Kimmel, and Meyers even posed together as if to say, “We’re still standing,” with activist influencer Harry Sisson crowning them “Trump’s worst nightmare.”
— Michael B Smith (@hrhsmith1) November 4, 2025
But if Colbert truly believes he's “more conservative than people think,” as he’s occasionally claimed, then here’s a thought: book someone from the actual right — not a CNN Republican, not a Never Trumper, but someone who represents the other half of the country. Have a real discussion. Not a punchline, not a smug monologue disguised as a question.
Of course, that assumes Late Night was ever about dialogue to begin with.
