{"id":34944,"date":"2025-07-30T18:20:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T18:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/34944\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T18:20:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T18:20:12","slug":"donald-trump-says-hes-not-solely-responsible-for-late-show-cancellation-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/34944\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump says he\u2019s not \u2018solely responsible\u2019 for \u2018Late Show\u2019 cancellation – National"},"content":{"rendered":"

U.S. President Donald Trump<\/a> claims he had nothing to do with the cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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In a post on Truth Social on Tuesday, Trump said \u201ceverybody\u201d thinks he was \u201csolely responsible\u201d for the end of the late-night talk show but he said the rumours are \u201cnot true!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody is saying that I was solely responsible for the firing of Stephen Colbert<\/a> from CBS, \u2018Late Night,’\u201d Trump wrote. \u201cThat is not true! The reason he was fired was a pure lack of TALENT, and the fact that this deficiency was costing CBS $50 Million Dollars a year in losses \u2014 And it was only going to get WORSE!\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump went on to claim that \u201can even less talented Jimmy Kimmel<\/a>\u201d will be \u201cnext up\u201d to lose his job, followed by \u201ca weak, and very insecure, Jimmy Fallon<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe only real question is, who will go first? Show Biz and Television is a very simple business. If you get Ratings, you can say or do anything. If you don\u2019t, you always become a victim,\u201d Trump wrote. \u201cColbert became a victim to himself, the other two will follow.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kimmel responded to Trump\u2019s latest post by sharing a screenshot of it on Instagram and writing, \u201cI know you\u2019re busy Sharpie-ing the Epstein files, but this seems like a weird way to tell people to watch Matt Damon and Ken Jennings on an all-new Who Wants to Be a Millionaire tomorrow night at 8|7c on @ABC.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Last week, Kimmel fired back at Trump<\/a> after the president declared Kimmel the \u201cnext to go in the untalented Late Night Sweepstakes,\u201d following the cancellation of\u00a0The Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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On July 22, Trump took to Truth Social to criticize Kimmel, claiming he has \u201cabsolutely NO TALENT\u201d and warning that his show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, \u00a0is next on the chopping block.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe word is, and it\u2019s a strong word at that, Jimmy Kimmel is NEXT to go in the untalented Late Night Sweepstakes, and shortly thereafter, Fallon will be gone,\u201d Trump wrote of Kimmel and his fellow late-night host, Fallon.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThese are people with absolutely NO TALENT, who were paid Millions of Dollars for, in all cases, destroying what used to be GREAT Television. It\u2019s really good to see them go, and I hope I played a major part in it!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kimmel responded by sharing a screenshot of Trump\u2019s post on Instagram with the caption: \u201cI\u2019m hearing you\u2019re next. Or maybe it\u2019s just another wonderful secret\u201d \u2014 a reference to a Wall Street Journal report<\/a>, published July 17, that claimed Trump had written the phrase to\u00a0Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>\u00a0in a letter for his 50th birthday in 2003.<\/p>\n

Fallon also responded to Trump\u2019s post<\/a> last week during the July 21 episode of The Tonight Show.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am your host,\u201d Fallon told his audience<\/a>. \u201cWell, at least for tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t like it. I don\u2019t like what\u2019s going on one bit. These are crazy times.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Colbert hasn\u2019t responded to Trump\u2019s latest claim that he wasn\u2019t \u201csolely responsible\u201d for the end of\u00a0The Late Show with Stephen Colbert but he did share some choice words for Trump<\/a> during an opening monologue on the show last week.<\/p>\n

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The late-night host read Trump\u2019s post celebrating the decision to cancel the show<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Truth Social on July 18<\/a>, in which he wrote, \u201cI absolutely love that Colbert got fired. His talent was even less than his ratings.\u201d<\/p>\n

Colbert said into the \u201cEloquence Cam\u201d: \u201cHow dare you, sir? Would an untalented man be able to compose the following satirical witticism? Go f\u2014 yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n

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