{"id":1971215,"date":"2025-08-20T22:01:30","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T22:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1971215"},"modified":"2025-08-20T22:01:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T22:01:30","slug":"stephen-colbert-taking-serious-risks-that-could-cost-him-by-publicly-attacking-paramount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/stephen-colbert-taking-serious-risks-that-could-cost-him-by-publicly-attacking-paramount\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Colbert \u2018Taking Serious Risks\u2019 That Could \u2018Cost Him\u2019 By Publicly Attacking Paramount"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Stephen Colbert<\/strong> won\u2019t quit publicly attacking his employers in the wake of his <em>Late Night<\/em> show being axed \u2014 but friends are urging the comic to take a chill pill because he\u2019s making himself look totally toxic and could be harming his future prospects, sources say.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWhen his show was first canceled, people were on his side. His fellow late-night talk show hosts were backing him, and colleagues were cheering him on for sticking up for himself, but he\u2019s doubling down too aggressively \u2014 and now support is waning,\u201d an insider warns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As <em>Globe<\/em> previously reported, CBS announced <em>The Late Show With Stephen Colbert<\/em> will end in May 2026 \u2014 with sources saying the move was purely a financial decision.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p> <span class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC \/ NBC<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The cancellation was shocking to some because even with declining viewership, <em>The Late Show<\/em> is still beating out rivals <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em> and <em>The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But others blamed the axing on the show\u2019s criticism of CBS parent company Paramount\u2019s merger with Skydance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Colbert, however, didn\u2019t win any brownie points by coming down on his bosses in his latest scathing monologue, sources say.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The emcee <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FD7TEBvnkog\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:told his audience;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">told his audience<\/a>, \u201cI\u2019m thrilled for everyone at Paramount that the deal went through and very excited for our newly announced official combined Paramount-Skydance stock ticker name, which will go from PARA to PSKY.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\" &lt;span class=&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;&gt;CBS&lt;\/span&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"511\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/_.C1AxPkdn2870b4NwiYRA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTUxMTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/globe_458\/a2c658ab50aa78866ba9108743f57d38\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p> <span class=\"wp-caption-text\">CBS<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cSoon, PSKY will blast hot streaming content right in your face.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Colbert, 61, continued, \u201cWith hits like <em>Yellowstone<\/em>, <em>Yellowjackets<\/em> and a full variety of water sports, I predict PSKY will become synonymous with number one. PSKY, a pitcher of warm entertainment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The insider chides, \u201cThe feeling is he\u2019s going off a ledge, and it\u2019s not a smart move. At some point, Colbert\u2019s going to be looking for the next job \u2014 if he hasn\u2019t started looking already \u2014 and who will hire him when he does? Nobody likes a sore loser, especially one who badmouths his bosses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cPeople are seeing a bitter, twisted side to him, and they don\u2019t like it. He\u2019s taking serious risks, but he can\u2019t seem to quit, and the fear is it\u2019s going to cost him dearly.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen Colbert won\u2019t quit publicly attacking his employers in the wake of his Late Night show being axed \u2014 but friends are urging the comic to take a chill pill because he\u2019s making himself look totally toxic and could be harming his future prospects, sources say. \u201cWhen his show was first canceled, people were on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1971216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[22653],"class_list":["post-1971215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-stephen-colbert"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Stephen-Colbert-\u2018Taking-Serious-Risks-That-Could-\u2018Cost-Him-By.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1971215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1971216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1971215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1971215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1971215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}