Trump, Kimmel Commerce Barbs After Colbert’s Cancellation

Stephen Colbert’s canceled, President Trump is on the assault, and Jimmy Kimmel is hitting again.

Trump mentioned Tuesday in a Reality Social submit that ABC’s Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon, host of NBC’s “Tonight Present,” could be “NEXT to go” after CBS declined to resume Colbert’s contract.

“The phrase is, and it is a sturdy phrase at that, Jimmy Kimmel is NEXT to go within the untalented Late Evening Sweepstakes and, shortly thereafter, Fallon can be gone,” Trump wrote. The president slammed Kimmel and Fallon as having “completely NO TALENT” and even blamed them for “destroying what was once GREAT Tv.”

Kimmel clapped again an hour in a while Instagram by alluding to The Wall Road Journal’s reporting on Trump and disgraced financier and intercourse felony Jeffrey Epstein, who died in jail in 2019. The Journal reported {that a} letter bearing Trump’s title was given to Epstein as a part of a e book created for his birthday in 2003.

In an interview with the Journal, Trump denied writing the letter or drawing the image, saying, “I by no means wrote an image in my life. I do not draw photos of girls,” and “It isn’t my language. It isn’t my phrases.” Trump has since sued the Journal over the story, alleging defamation.

“I am listening to you are subsequent. Or perhaps it is simply one other fantastic secret,” Kimmel wrote within the Instagram submit, which featured a screenshot of Trump’s submit about him.

The Journal reported that the letter bearing Trump’s title mentioned: “Glad Birthday — and will each day be one other fantastic secret.”

Kimmel, Fallon, and spokespeople for ABC, NBC, and CBS did not instantly reply to requests for remark.

Hosts and others within the leisure neighborhood have been sounding off and standing up for Colbert after CBS declined to resume his present when his contract expires in mid-2026.

The cancellation has drawn scrutiny for its timing, as CBS’s guardian firm, Paramount World, wants FCC approval for an acquisition by Skydance. This month, Paramount mentioned it had agreed to pay Trump a $16 million settlement. Trump had sued CBS, alleging “60 Minutes” had deceptively edited an interview with Kamala Harris throughout the presidential marketing campaign.

“I do not prefer it. I do not like what is going on on one bit — these are loopy occasions,” Fallon mentioned in reference to the Colbert cancellation to open his present on Monday night time.

Jon Stewart additionally blasted CBS’s determination throughout an expletive-filled monologue on Monday’s “The Each day Present.”

“When your trade is confronted with adjustments, you do not simply name it a day. My God, when CDs stopped promoting, they did not simply go, ‘Oh nicely, music, it has been a very good run,'” Stewart mentioned.

Stewart and Colbert’s exhibits share a guardian firm in Paramount.