{"id":2291863,"date":"2026-02-20T23:29:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T23:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2291863"},"modified":"2026-02-20T23:29:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T23:29:33","slug":"anderson-cooper-stephen-colbert-and-sean-strickland-draw-scrutiny-to-paramount-while-bid-for-warner-plays-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/anderson-cooper-stephen-colbert-and-sean-strickland-draw-scrutiny-to-paramount-while-bid-for-warner-plays-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Anderson Cooper, Stephen Colbert and Sean Strickland Draw Scrutiny to Paramount While Bid for Warner Plays Out"},"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\/nm0177846\/\">Anderson Cooper<\/a> turned down an opportunity to keep working there. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0170306\/\">Stephen Colbert<\/a> recently became vocal about his relationship with attorneys at the same company. And <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm10615005\/\">Seth Strickland<\/a>, a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0529465\/\">UFC<\/a> fighter, didn\u2019t think the league\u2019s critical ties to the corporation would suffer if he threw out some profanity and disparaged celebrities while trying to promote a coming bout on the conglomerate\u2019s streaming service.<\/p>\n<p>The business in question is <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co1159016\/\">Paramount Skydance<\/a>, owner of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0070627\/\">CBS<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0820547\/\">Paramount+<\/a> and cable networks like <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0826002\/\">MTV<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0029768\/\">Comedy Central<\/a>. And just as the organization careens toward one of the more pivotal chapters in its short existence,&#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>Anderson Cooper turned down an opportunity to keep working there. Stephen Colbert recently became vocal about his relationship with attorneys at the same company. 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