CBS’s Stephen Colbert has the week off, but he still found time to stop by The New York Times for an interview with John Koblin that was published on Tuesday to look back on his time as host of The Late Show that will come to an end on May 21. Throughout the interview, Colbert remained blind to the idea that his raging partisanship led to his downfall.
Koblin wrote, “When Mr. Colbert took over ‘The Late Show’ from David Letterman in 2015, his plan was not to have a ruthlessly topical or political show. ‘We were discouraged by the network from being topical,’ he said.”
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