“For as great a comedian and host he is, Stephen Colbert is an even better person,” he wrote in a post on his Instagram Stories following the news. “I’m going to miss having him on TV every night, but I’m excited he can no longer use the excuse that he’s ‘too busy to hang out’ with me.”
For Colbert’s part, he was taken aback by the decision but didn’t plan to fight the cancellation.
“It came as a surprise,” the 61-year-old admitted to The Hollywood Reporter in an interview published May 6. “There’s no denying that the broadcast model is in huge trouble. But our model [late night] within that overall model has been very profitable for, like, 70 years.”
“But maybe we were the first show to then be a detriment,” he continued. “Maybe we were the first one to flip in the other direction. I do not wish to litigate it. It’s their shop, and they can do what they want.“
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