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Stephen Colbert reacted gleefully to stories he had made Donald Trump’s “enemy listing.”
Rolling Stone printed an intensive report on Monday about Trump’s 2024 presidential marketing campaign, which included the declare that the ex-president needed to focus on late-night hosts if he wins the White Home again later this yr.
Citing sources with direct information, the journal reported that Trump had been “venting about the necessity to punish late-night comedians for giving ‘unlawful’ marketing campaign contributions to the Democratic Celebration — within the type of jokes and on-air satire.”
After studying out this a part of the report in his opening monologue on Monday’s episode of The Late Present, Colbert donned a faux mustache, nostril and glasses.
“Surprise who he’s speaking about,” Colbert — who constantly mocks Trump on his present — joked.
After studying out his title from the article, Colbert pumped his fist and cried “sure!” to cheers from the viewers, who then chanted his title.
“Lastly, I made an enemies listing,” the host rejoiced. “Clearly there’s no assure I’ll be arrested, but it surely’s an honour simply to be nominated.
“Little question it’ll all be determined this weekend in Los Angeles when whoever wins the Emmy for finest discuss present will probably be despatched to a camp.”
He continued: “So to my outdated colleague Jon Stewart, I simply need you to know I voted for you. In fact, if Jon wins, he’s solely incarcerated on Mondays.”
Kimmel made an identical jibe on Monday’s Jimmy Kimmel Stay!, poking enjoyable at Stewart, who solely hosts The Day by day Present on Monday nights.
“I’m glad it’s humorous to you! He desires to lock up the late-night hosts?” Kimmel mentioned as his viewers laughed on the report. “How would this work for Jon Stewart? Would he solely go to jail on Mondays? There’s loads to determine.”
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Talking on the Artistic Arts Emmys on Saturday, Kimmel shared a cheeky textual content he despatched to fellow late night time host Jimmy Fallon after information broke that NBC was slicing the latter’s present from 5 days to 4.
“As a bunch, we’ve got a textual content chain of all of the late-night hosts and we despatched all of our congratulations to Jimmy Fallon for getting Friday off,” he mentioned.
Showing to deal with stories questioning the way forward for discuss reveals, Kimmel then quipped: “There isn’t any future for late-night.”
Late-night viewership has declined lately, as networks have been pressured to take money-saving measures.
“Sadly, it’s the truth of broadcast and a shrinking market — streaming consuming into this, and YouTube consuming into that,” Late Night time with Seth Meyers’s affiliate musical director Eli Janney mentioned in June of the price range cuts.
