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Im just a bill stephen cobert12/18/2023 But for O’Reilly’s fans, Colbert did manage to find a silver lining: “In case you’re a fan of sexual harassers who are on TV all the time,” he said with a smirk, “we still have Donald Trump. The rest of O’Reilly’s segment counterpunches Colbert for a bit Colbert recently did sending up O’Reilly for saying that the concept of equality is an opium-laced dream. TV will undoubtedly be different without O’Reilly raining down unholy outrage on Fox News every night. “We all saw this coming at us,” he said, “like an old man cornering an intern in the break room.” “But by moral standards,” Colbert continued, “he was a self-righteous landfill of angry garbage.”Ĭolbert also reminded his audience that O’Reilly has been racking up accusations of sexual harassment for years. The former Colbert Report host then scolded the nation for turning against O’Reilly before choking out a sobbed, “Stay strong, Papa Bear!”Ĭolbert (the Late Show host, not his character) did concede that O’Reilly was, as Fox News parent company 21st Century Fox said in its official statement on his ouster, “accomplished” by ratings standards. He even made a rare appearance as his old character “Stephen Colbert” to say goodbye, live from the log cabin he apparently shares with Jon Stewart. So he asked his cameraman to take the camera off him, at which point the applause from his studio audience got so loud that I can only imagine the offscreen gloat it was responding to.Ĭolbert acknowledged that he “owe a lot to Bill O’Reilly,” after spending nine years in character as him (and “12 months in therapy to de-bloviate myself”). “I’m not going to sit here and publicly gloat.” “He’s been a guest on this show, and I take no pleasure in his downfall,” the Late Show host said, to skeptical laughs. For nine years, he played “Stephen Colbert,” a conservative blowhard pundit based almost entirely on O’Reilly’s style of hosting The O’Reilly Factor.Īnd now that Fox has let O’Reilly go. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go grind a gap in my front teeth.Stephen Colbert is the only person who has an idea of what it’s like to be Bill O’Reilly on TV every night other than O’Reilly himself. "I'm thrilled and grateful that CBS chose me. "I never dreamed that I would follow in his footsteps, though everyone in late night follows Dave's lead," he said. The 49-year-old Emmy-winning Colbert said that just being a guest of Letterman's was "a highlight of my career." "David Letterman’s legacy and accomplishments are an incredible source of pride for all of us here, and today’s announcement speaks to our commitment of upholding what he established for CBS in late night." "Stephen Colbert is one of the most inventive and respected forces on television," said Leslie Moonves, the network's president and CEO. RELATED: David Letterman Announces His Retirement "I won't be doing the new show in character, so we'll all get to find out how much of him was me," he said. Meanwhile, Comedy Central released their own statement, congratulating Colbert on two decades with the network and toasting to "the next eight months of the ground-breaking 'Colbert Report.'"Ĭolbert told ABC News that he will ditch his current alter ego for his new role. Ap- Stephen Colbert has been named the new host of "The Late Show."ĬBS announced today that the current host of "The Colbert Report" will take over for David Letterman when he retires next year.
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