Vocal Trump critic Robert De Niro<\/a>, who came on the show to ask a question as part of the “Colbert Questionert” asked the host, “What number were you thinking of?” which was a standard question Cobert asked guests during the questionnaire.\u00a0<\/p>\n De Niro joked, “OK. Cause I thought it would’ve been two million point five, or two and a half million. That’s the number of Epstein files Trump still hasn’t released.”<\/p>\n Bruce Springsteen, who also frequently speaks out against the president, closed the show with his new protest song “Streets of Minneapolis.”<\/p>\n “I am here tonight in support for Stephen because you\u2019re the first guy in America who\u2019s lost his show because we\u2019ve got a president who can\u2019t take a joke,” the “Born in the U.S.A.” singer told the audience.<\/p>\n A LOOK BACK AT STEPHEN COLBERT’S MOST PARTISAN MOMENTS AS ‘THE LAST SHOW’ HOST<\/a><\/p>\n Split of Trump, Bruce Springsteen and Robert De Niro (Shirlaine Forrest\/Getty Images; Evan Vucci-Pool\/Getty Images; Samir Hussein\/WireImage)<\/p>\n He also took a swipe at Paramount, which some believe decided to cancel Colbert\u2019s show over politics rather than the stated financial reasons<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Larry\u00a0and\u00a0David Ellison\u00a0feel they need to kiss his a– to get what they want,” The Boss added. “Stephen, these are small-minded people \u2026 they got no idea what the freedoms of this beautiful country are supposed to be about.”<\/p>\n The White House<\/a> hit back on Thursday, with a spokesperson telling Fox News Digital: “Stephen Colbert is a pathetic trainwreck with no talent and terrible ratings, which is exactly why CBS canceled his show and is booting him off the airwaves.”<\/p>\n Unsurprisingly, reactions on social media to De Niro and Springsteen split along ideological lines.<\/p>\n “This is an absolute mic drop right there for the Late Show, and god, it\u2019s hard to believe that all of this will end<\/a> tomorrow,” one person wrote in a YouTube comment of Springsteen, while another agreed: “Mad respect to the Boss, a much better man than the one sitting in the oval office.”<\/p>\n JIMMY KIMMEL TELLS VIEWERS TO NEVER WATCH CBS AGAIN AFTER STEPHEN COLBERT’S FINAL EPISODE<\/a><\/p>\n One YouTube user wrote of De Niro: “So thrilled that Robert DeNiro Showed up, a living legend.”<\/p>\n On the other side, one X user wrote that it was “all so embarrassing. Springsteen literally has an IQ of 80, at best. Colbert hasn’t ever been funny<\/a>, somehow forgetting his job was to be a comedian, not engage in weird, leftist, cringe-inducing partisan nonsense that most people don’t want anything to do with. Should have been fired years ago.”<\/p>\n Bruce Springsteen and Robert De Niro were among more than a dozen celebrities who showed up for Colbert’s second-to-last show, including, Amy Sedaris, John Dickerson, James Taylor, Billy Crystal, Jeff Daniels, Weird Al Yankovic, Josh Brolin, Tiffany Haddish, Martha Stewart, Aubrey Plaza, Jim Gaffigan, Ben Stiller, Mark Hamill and Evie Colbert on Wednesday. (Scott Kowalchyk\/CBS\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER<\/a><\/p>\n Another X user called Springsteen a “washed up musician,” claiming that Colbert lost his show because “nobody was watching, revenues were tanking, and he was simply un-funny.”<\/p>\n “Stephen Colbert is a pathetic trainwreck with no talent and terrible ratings, which is exactly why CBS canceled his show and is booting him off the airwaves.”<\/p>\n LIKE WHAT YOU\u2019RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Split](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/split-of-robert-deniro-trump-and-bruce-springsteen.gif\")
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