“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert called out President Donald Trump for trying to “intimidate another important sector of the American economy: our precious celebrities.”
Colbert said the president on Friday “out of nowhere” posted an attack on pop superstar Taylor Swift.
Trump wrote on his Truth Social website: “Has anyone noticed that, since I said “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,” she’s no longer “HOT?””
The audience booed and jeered Trump for going after the beloved Swift. When Colbert gestured for more, they amped it up. And when he waved his arm to cut them off, they stopped immediately.
Colbert broke into laughter himself and needed a beat to regain his composure.
“I’m beginning to understand why he likes having a mob,” he said, then warned Trump to keep Swift’s name “out of your filthy nugget hole.”
A little later, Colbert mentioned that Trump had also attacked rock icon Bruce Springsteen.
The audience howled its disapproval again ― drawing another laugh from Colbert that he had to quickly suppress
See more in his Monday night “Late Show” monologue.
