Stephen Reacts To Trump Calling Him 'A No-Talent Guy'

( LAUGHTER ) BUT THOSE ARE ALL JUST TRIFLING DETAILS. THE PRESIDENT ALSO SPOKE TO "TIME" MAGAZINE ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE TO HIM -- THIS SHOW. AHEM. "YOU SEE A NO-TALENT GUY LIKE COLBERT, THERE'S NOTHING FUNNY ABOUT WHAT HE SAYS. AND WHAT HE SAYS IS FILTHY. AND YOU HAVE KIDS WATCHING. IT ONLY BUILDS UP MY BASE. IT ONLY HELPS ME, PEOPLE LIKE HIM. THE GUY WAS DYING. BY THE WAY THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE WHAT HE SAYS IS FILTHY AND YOU HAVE KIDS WATCHING HIM OFF TELEVISION, THEN HE STARTED ATTACKING ME AND HE STARTED DOING BETTER. BUT HIS SHOW WAS DYING. I'VE DONE HIS SHOW, BUT WHEN I DID HIS SHOW, WHICH BY THE WAY WAS VERY HIGHLY RATED. IT WAS HIGH ME. IT WAS THE THE HIGHEST RATING HE'S EVER HAD. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( PIANO RIFF ) THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAS PERSONALLY COME AFTER ME AND MY SHOW. THERE'S ONLY ONE THING TO SAY -- ( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( AUDIENCE CHANTING STEPHEN ) MR. TRUMP, THERE'S A LOT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, BUT I NEVER THOUGHT ONE OF THOSE THINGS WOULD BE SHOW BUSINESS. ( LAUGHTER ) DON'T YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN TRYING FOR A YEAR TO GET YOU TO SAY MY NAME? AND YOU WERE VERY RESTRAINED, BUT NOW YOU DID IT. I WON (WHISPERING). OH, NO! PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME TREND ON TWITTER AGAIN! DON'T THROW ME IN THAT HASHTAG-BRIARPATCH! ( LAUGHTER ) BUT, YOU'RE NOT WRONG. I DO OCCASIONALLY USE ADULT LANGUAGE. AND I DO IT IN PUBLIC, INSTEAD OF IN THE PRIVACY OF AN "ACCESS HOLLYWOOD" BUS. ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) THAT IS DIGNIFIED. AND IT'S TRUE-- THE NIGHT YOU APPEARED ON WAS VERY HIGHLY RATED. IN FACT, THE ONLY EPISODE THAT GOT BETTER RATINGS WAS THE NIGHT I HAD JEB BUSH ON. ( AUDIENCE REACTS ) THAT'S RIGHT. YOU GOT BEAT BY LOWENERGY JEB BUSH. BUT DON'T WORRY, YOU WON THE RATINGS "COLLEGE." ( LAUGHTER ) AND MAKING JOKES ABOUT YOU HAS BEEN GOOD FOR RATINGS. IT'S ALMOST AS IF THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS DIDN'T WANT YOU TO BE PRESIDENT. BUT YOU KNOW WHO'S GOT REALLY BAD RATINGS THESE DAYS? YOU. TERRIBLE APPROVAL NUMBERS. I HEAR THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT SWITCHING YOUR TIME SLOT WITH MIKE PENCE. ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) BUT SINCE ALL OF MY SUCCESS IS BASED ON TALKING ABOUT YOU, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO TAKE ME DOWN, THERE'S AN OBVIOUS WAY-- RESIGN. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I MEAN, THAT'S IT, RIGHT? SIR, IF YOU DID THAT, WHAT WOULD I TALK ABOUT THEN? EXCEPT YOUR RESIGNATION. BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE FUN. ( CHEERING ) A PRESIDENT GOING AFTER SOMEONE OVER JOKES IS UNPRECEDENTED. THAT WOULD BE LIKE NIXON GOING AFTER ALFRED E. NEWMAN. ( LAUGHTER ) AND IF I MAY, MR. PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO QUOTE THAT GREAT MAN: "WHAT, ME WORRY?"

Channel: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Views: 10,489,429

Keywords: The Late Show, Stephen Colbert, Colbert, Late Show, celebrities, late night, talk show, skits, bit, monologue, The Late Late Show, Late Late Show, letterman, david letterman, comedian, impressions, CBS, joke, jokes, funny, funny video, funny videos, humor, celebrity, celeb, hollywood, famous, James Corden, Corden, Comedy

Id: _wMvItIDMPU

Length: 4min 18sec (258 seconds)

Published: Fri May 12 2017

Reddit Comments

[u/swarlay]

"But you're not wrong, I do occasionally use adult language and I do it in public - instead of in the privacy of an "Access Hollywood" bus."

That's fucking brilliant.

[u/RamaAnthony]

"....was the high highest rating..."

Trump does not understand the concept of superlatives and comperative.....

[u/drones4thepoor]

Trump is the drunk guy that heckles the comedian at the stand up comedy club, then proceeds to get roasted for the entire show.

[u/lic05]

And it only builds up my base.

As President of the United States, shouldn't his base be everyone in the United States?

[u/tydestra]

Can someone call CPS, Colbert is beating a child on national TV.

[u/SlickWiggler]

This is amazing. Stephen Colbert has managed to goad the fucking President of the United States into a petty feud. I can't wait to see how this plays out.

It's nice to finally have something to look forward to with this shitshow of an administration.

[u/Forzelius]

Colbert is not an even match for Trump lol. This guy had the best correspondent's dinner roast in HISTORY. Trump cannot win this one.

[u/dcevelyn]

This is the Colbert that we wanted and dare I say...this is the Colbert that we NEEDED.

[u/just_zen_wont_do]

I can imagine a day when the POTUS gets into a streetfight with a homeless man who heckles him, get his ass-whooped, and then complain about it to the Chinese Premier about how the other guy sucker-punched him.