{"id":363250,"date":"2025-12-23T06:26:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T06:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/363250\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T06:26:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T06:26:08","slug":"stephen-colbert-weighs-in-on-possible-2028-presidential-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/363250\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Colbert Weighs In on Possible 2028 Presidential Run"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tStephen Colbert<\/a> revealed whether he\u2019d consider running for president in 2028 following the cancellation of The Late Show<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe late night host, 61, offered his thoughts on a possible presidential run while appearing at Slate\u2019s Political Gabfest event on Dec. 18, according to People<\/a>. Event hosts John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon and David Plotz asked Colbert if a 2028 run was in his future, to which Colbert replied, \u201cAbsolutely, I should not run for president.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI understand why you\u2019d want me to,\u201d he continued. \u201cI\u2019d have to discuss with my faith leader and my family to see if, once my service on the Late Show ends in May, if I could be of some greater service to this nation that I love so much.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tColbert also shared an embrace with Dickerson, 57, who signed off as co-anchor of CBS Evening News that same day. The Late Show host gave Dickerson a hug before turning to the audience and putting up his middle finger in what appeared to be a move directed at CBS, People reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tCBS canceled The Late Show<\/a> in July, citing financial concerns \u201cagainst a challenging backdrop in late night.\u201d Colbert questioned the network\u2019s decision<\/a> earlier this month after Paramount\u00a0 \u2014 CBS\u2019 parent company \u2014 launched a hostile bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery for $108.4 billion, or $30 per share.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWow. I gotta say, if my company\u2019s got that kind of green, I\u2019m sure they can afford to un-cancel one of their best shows,\u201d Colbert said during a Dec. 9 episode. \u201cCBS, you heard the people \u2014 bring back The Equalizer.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe comedian has not shared what he wants to pursue next after The Late Show ends in May. He told reporters at the 2025 Emmys in September that he is focused on wrapping up the show as \u201cbeautifully\u201d as he can, according to E! News<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019m going to savor every day,\u201d he said at the time. \u201cI want to land this plane absolutely beautifully and I\u2019ve got nothing else on my mind. I love what we do, and I want to go to work on Tuesday and for the next nine months with these people and work hard to have fun.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe do the show with each other,\u201d he continued. \u201cWe do the show for each other, every day. And I have the privilege and responsibility that day to share with the audience what we did. And I love it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stephen Colbert revealed whether he\u2019d consider running for president in 2028 following the cancellation of The Late Show.\u00a0…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363251,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75,12998,3668],"class_list":{"0":"post-363250","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-late-show","12":"tag-stephen-colbert"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}