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CBS stunned fans of The Late Show on Thursday after it announced that it would cancel the Stephen Colbert-led program, a move that renewed attention to a recent jab that the host made toward the network’s parent company over its heavily panned $16 million settlement with President Donald Trump.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) shared a clip from Colbert’s Monday monologue on social media where he slammed Paramount Global for settling a lawsuit with Trump, who claimed that a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris was deceptively edited to aid her chances of winning the election.
That settlement notably arrived as Paramount looks to merge with Skydance Media in a multibillion-dollar deal, one that requires approval from the Trump administration to proceed.
“As someone who has always been a proud employee of this network, I am offended. I don’t know if anything — anything — will repair my trust in this company,” Colbert quipped. “But, just taking a stab at it, I’d say $16 million would help.” The host proceeded to point out that Paramount once described the lawsuit as “completely without merit” before joking that the company put a price tag on its “dignity” and referred to the settlement as a “big fat bribe.” Colbert, a frequent Trump critic, previously made fun of Paramount back in May amid reports that the company was ready to settle the lawsuit.
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In May, Warren, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and other lawmakers sent a letter to Paramount Global chair Shari Redstone warning her not to make a “grave mistake” by settling the lawsuit.
At the time, Sanders — when asked by Colbert about the letter to his “ultimate boss” — quipped that it could be the host’s “last show” before stressing that such a deal could set a dangerous precedent for other media companies.
This article originally appeared on HuffPost.
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