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CBS Late Night Host Stephen Colbert He mourned the end of Biden’s presidency Thursday, noting it was his last episode of “The Late Show” during President Biden’s term.
Calling it the “end of an era,” Colbert also joked that he may no longer be on the air during President-elect Donald Trump’s second term, which begins Monday, Jan. 20.
“Yeah, it’s been a good race. It’s been a good race, Joe. Thank you. Thank you for all your efforts. The next time you see me, Donald Trump will be president. And you might not see me,” he said. the anti-Trump comedian told viewers.
“The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert lamented the end of Biden’s presidency during Thursday night’s episode of his CBS show.
During his opening monologue, the late-night host commented that the broadcast would be bittersweet considering Biden’s departure from the Oval Office.
“Tonight, it’s just a little bit, a little bit, a little bit bittersweet, a little bit semisweet chocolate chip. It’s the end of an era, because this is our last show of the Biden Administration.”
The internal audience responded with a sigh of disappointment.
The host added that over the “next four years,” the show’s team will “take this one day at a time.”
Colbert’s show has offered staunch anti-Trump resistance in joke form throughout the incoming president’s political career.
TO Media Research Center One study found that during the height of Trump’s second presidential campaign, Colbert trashed the then-candidate about 40 times more than his presidential opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Late-night hosts like Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel have been soft on President Biden’s material throughout his presidency, at least compared to how they have treated Trump. (Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via Getty Images; Screenshot/Voto Latino; 2022 Media Access Awards presented by Easterseals/Getty Images for Easterseals)
Colbert didn’t completely spare Biden one or two blows. The host once mocked him for a “meandering metaphor” he used during his presidential farewell speech On Wednesday.
The program showed a clip of the president saying: “Like the United States, the Statue of Liberty does not stand still. It is moving and literally moving. It was built to sway back and forth to withstand the fury of stormy weather.” , to stay standing.” The test of time, because storms are always coming. It sways a few inches, but never falls into the stream below.
When the camera returned to Colbert, he had put on aviator sunglasses and was doing a Biden impression. “What I’m saying is, run! The Statue of Liberty is alive, everyone! Get out of there! No, no, it’s alive! I saw it in a documentary: ‘Ghostbusters 2’. You have to spray the inside with that angry substance. Don’t cross the streams.”
“Who are you going to call? Not me. Joe Biden out, everyone!” Colbert said, finishing the part.
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Last March, before Biden’s exit from the 2024 presidential race in July, Colbert Hosted a Dazzling Fundraiser for the president’s re-election campaign.
