Rosie O’Donnell Slams Donald Trump for Celebrating Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ Cancellation
After Donald Trump said he “absolutely love[d]” that CBS is ending The Late Show, another comedian reviled by the U.S. president came to Stephen Colbert’s defense: former talk show host Rosie O’Donnell.
“Hey, tangerine Trump,” O’Donnell wrote in a note she shared on Instagram on Sunday, July 20. “First you said I should be stripped of my citizenship. Now you’re publicly celebrating that Stephen Colbert lost his job. You’ve never understood the role of comedy — or the role of truth. You think silencing a comedian means you’ve won something. You haven’t. Stephen stood up to you, like so many of us have. Not because it was easy — but because it was necessary. He told the truth with wit and courage, night after night, while you used your platform to spread fear, lies, and hate.”
The Rosie O’Donnell Show alum said Trump wants not free speech but blind loyalty. “But America doesn’t work like that,” she added. “We question power here. We laugh at bullies. And we speak out — it leaves [you] undone. Stephen will be fine. So will I. So will every artist, journalist, immigrant, teacher, parent, and kid who sees through you, your desperate grasp at relevance, [and your] craving for control. Truth isn’t going anywhere. Neither are we.”
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CBS announced on Thursday, July 17, that it will end The Late Show franchise next May, calling the controversial decision “purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night.”
The timing of that announcement roused suspicions, however: On air, Colbert had just criticized parent company Paramount Global’s choice to pay Trump $16 million to settle his lawsuit over 60 Minutes ahead of the company’s merger with Skydance Media, which would require federal approval.
The following day, Trump cheered Colbert’s exit. “I absolutely love that Colbert got fired. His talent was even less [sic] than his ratings,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Friday, per Variety. “I hear Jimmy Kimmel is next. Has even less talent than Colbert!”
Trump also said that Fox News late-night comedian Greg Gutfeld “is better than all of them combined, including the moron on NBC who ruined the once-great Tonight Show,” taking a jab at Jimmy Fallon.
O’Donnell has had her rounds with Trump, saying on an Irish talk show this March that the former Apprentice star “has it out for [her] and has for 20 years,” ever since she called him out on The View.
“I mentioned his bankruptcies, and I mentioned all of the sexual assault charges, and I mentioned that he was not, in fact, the businessman that everyone thinks he is because of the show, The Apprentice, where they sold a bunch of lies to America for over 10 years, and half of America believed it,” she added in that interview.
O’Donnell told TikTok followers this March that she moved to Ireland with her daughter in January and would only consider moving back to the United States “when it is safe for all citizens to have equal rights there in America.”
Earlier this month, Trump said on Truth Social that he was “giving serious consideration” to revoking O’Donnell’s citizenship. The comedian responded on Instagram, telling him, “I’m not yours to silence. I never was.”
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Wow. What a great response!
Does the orange one not know this country is in a world of hurt and all he can think about is revenge!
Ugh
What a 🫏!!
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He doesn't know or realize anything. He can't think of other people... he's NEVER been able to consider any person or any thing except how it relates to HIM.
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I would like to know when the Orange Man is going to get fired...soon, this week would be great, I hope!!!
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3 1/2 years full of liberal tears it’s going to be great
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You go, Ms. O'Donnell!
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Way to go Rosie?👍🏻
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Yep. We’re glad she went to Ireland. Maybe she’ll stay there. With the Luck Of The Irish she’ll stay there !! 😀
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Karma will catch up to the orange man eventually Maybe not in this life but the the next. Maybe they're preparing a special place in Hell for him as we speak.
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What if karma caught up with you for spewing hateful and bigoted rhetoric how would that go?
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The only person in this conversation With bigoted hateful rhetoric is Donald T. A man that thinks it's OK to take food away from school children and make fun of the disabled or has views different then his. Along with going against our American democracy so the rich can get richer And the poor can get nothing Is no more than a dictator.. So no I'm not worried about my karma at all.
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So let me get this straight please, Liberals were offended?
Could you give me a quick fill in on that please?
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Way to go Rosie!👍🏻
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Unfortunately tramp thrives on chaos, and every response he gets, no matter how negative, strokes his ego. Wouldn’t it be great if there were a moratorium on stories about him? He’d go crazy!
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Good thing Jimmy Kimmel and Seth Meyers will still be around after Colbert leaves in May 2026 to "make Trump's day"!
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I think that people that disrespect our president have no place in any forum but if you want I can rail the Biden regime to no end failures on crime immigration Ukraine money laundering child trafficking cartels Quid pro quo’s the list is endless so that support from your side only indicates what you want in our great nation communism is not an option
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sso like your master, you believe in blocking any comments that don’t show loyalty to your supreme leader. That is not the way our country was created. Freedom of speech is the bedrock of our government. As for criticizing Biden, you all did that plenty when he was president but that is history now and we have to deal with the current imperial regime.
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@Steveo It’s OK let Em rant. Their party is a total train wreck. They will lose the midterm elections Huge. And watch in total despair as another GOP President is inaugurated in 2028. They Still wrongly think the majority of Americans are interested in their weirdo social engineering than the things Everyone needs. Like food, shelter, safety etc. etc. So let Em keep playing with social issues and watch them Continue to self destruct. 🤣
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I see you changed your username back to what it was last April after previously being Americanus and, I think, Justaguess. You're not fooling me!
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Who’s trying goofy ?
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You should learn where to use commas and periods.
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You should learn to stay off Mommy & Daddy’s laptop while you hide in the basement. 😂
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Good maybe start with your rhetoric
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Way to go Rosie! Keep speaking the truth! Him and his trumpsters will be history after his second and last term in office.
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I'm sure The Donald couldn't care less what that she/he thinks.
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I think that people that live in glass houses… sorry Rosey is no longer relevant to anyones conversation much less on a world stage she has stated her distaste for our great president her support for elites is obvious and as a conservative I find her quite disrespectful of her betters and her lack of culture and education speaks for itself self
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Rosie needs to live her life in Ireland since she moved there to be “safe.”
But she can’t keep her trap shut because Trump is living rent free in her head.
Rosie- keep posting- you give everyone something to laugh at!
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NO ONE CARES WHAT YOU THINK ROSIE…. YOUR A MISERABLE HAS BEEN AND THE SAME FOR STEPHEN!!!! Go AWAY FOREVER.🤮🤮🤮🤮
I HAVE AND WILL ALWAYS SUPPORT MY PRESIDENT TRUMP! GOD BLESS YOU MR PRESIDENT 🙏🙏🙏
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Keep drinking that Kool-Ade❤️
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Right back at you 👍
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