{"id":2287126,"date":"2026-02-18T09:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T09:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2287126"},"modified":"2026-02-18T09:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T09:12:07","slug":"i-really-dont-want-an-adversarial-relationship-with-the-network-exasperated-colbert-reveals-tensions-with-cbs-legal-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/i-really-dont-want-an-adversarial-relationship-with-the-network-exasperated-colbert-reveals-tensions-with-cbs-legal-team\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI Really Don\u2019t Want An Adversarial Relationship With the Network\u201d: Exasperated Colbert Reveals Tensions With CBS\u2019 Legal Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0170306\/\">Stephen Colbert<\/a> only has a short time to go before <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0076301\/\">The Late Show<\/a> comes to an end, for good, but the host\u2019s last few months in the job are starting to become increasingly awkward for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0070627\/\">CBS<\/a>. On Tuesday\u2019s episode of the late night show, a clearly exasperated <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1994637\/\">Colbert<\/a> returned to the controversy over his interview with Democratic Rep. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm12755814\/\">James Talarico<\/a>, and in a remarkable piece to camera, slammed CBS\u2019 lawyers for not consulting him over a statement released in the aftermath of the interview.<\/p>\n<p>It all began on Monday\u2019s episode of the Late Show, when Colbert revealed that CBS lawyers blocked him from interviewing Talarico, citing the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0280648\/\">FCC<\/a>\u2019s new guidance for political candidates on talk shows. The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0410823\/\">Late<\/a> Show team ultimately posted the interview on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0202446\/\">YouTube<\/a> which isn\u2019t subject to such rules. On Tuesday afternoon, CBS very publicly refuted Colbert\u2019s version of events in a statement,&#8230;<\/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.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen Colbert only has a short time to go before The Late Show comes to an end, for good, but the host\u2019s last few months in the job are starting to become increasingly awkward for CBS. 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