{"id":2032686,"date":"2025-09-18T21:02:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T21:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2032686"},"modified":"2025-09-18T21:02:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T21:02:48","slug":"stephen-colbert-was-visibly-shaken-after-learning-jimmy-kimmels-show-was-suspended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/stephen-colbert-was-visibly-shaken-after-learning-jimmy-kimmels-show-was-suspended\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Colbert Was \u2018Visibly Shaken\u2019 After Learning Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s Show Was Suspended"},"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> was in the middle of taping his Wednesday night episode of <em>The<\/em> <em>Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/em> when he learned the news that pal <strong>Jimmy Kimmel<\/strong>\u2019s show, <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live!,<\/em> was suspended.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to members of the studio audience present on Wednesday, September 17, Colbert, 61, was \u201cvisibly shaken\u201d by the news, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/latenighter.com\/news\/audience-watched-stephen-colbert-learn-kimmel-news-during-wednesday-taping\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:LateNighter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>LateNighter<\/em><\/a> reported. The host reportedly \u201cpaused for several moments before raising his hand to his mouth in disbelief.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The talk show host \u2014 who is filming his final season after being <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/jimmy-fallon-night-fate-revealed-145915928.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:canceled by CBS;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">canceled by CBS<\/a> earlier this year \u2014 took a short break to compose himself and \u201cgather additional information backstage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Colbert did not make a statement regarding ABC\u2019s controversial decision at the time, but instead told the crowd he \u201cwould address it on Thursday night\u2019s show.\u201d The outlet reported that, after wrapping the closing segment, Colbert \u201cquickly exited the stage.\u201d<\/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\">ZUMAPRESS.com \/ MEGA<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As <em>National Enquirer<\/em> has reported, <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em> was pulled from air indefinitely by ABC after they were pressured by the FCC and station owners nationwide due to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/jimmy-kimmel-live-replacement-named-144653862.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:comments made by Kimmel;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">comments made by Kimmel<\/a> on Tuesday night\u2019s show regarding <strong>Charlie Kirk<\/strong>\u2018s death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As of Thursday, ABC has not announced the long-running talk show\u2019s cancellation. However, in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/crew-removes-items-jimmy-kimmel-191050138.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:photos;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">photos<\/a> obtained by the <em>National Enquirer<\/em> one day after the news broke, a large crew of movers were seen loading trucks with boxes from the Los Angeles studio.<\/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 was in the middle of taping his Wednesday night episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert when he learned the news that pal Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, was suspended. According to members of the studio audience present on Wednesday, September 17, Colbert, 61, was \u201cvisibly shaken\u201d by the news, LateNighter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2031899,"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":[23060,22653,350362],"class_list":["post-2032686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-jimmy-kimmel","tag-stephen-colbert","tag-talk-show"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-Spotted-For-First-Time-Since-His-Late-Night-Show.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2032686","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=2032686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2032686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2031899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2032686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2032686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2032686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}