CBS late night host Stephen Colbert mourned the end of Biden’s presidency on Thursday, pointing out that it was his final episode of “The Late Show” during President Biden’s term.
Colbert called it the “end of an era” and also joked that he may not be on the air again during newly elected President Donald Trump’s second term, which begins on Monday, January 20.
“Yes, it was a good run. It was a good run, Joe. Thank you. Thank you for all your efforts. The next time you all see me, Donald Trump will be president. And you might not see me,” said the anti-Trump comedian told viewers.
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The Late Show host Stephen Colbert lamented the end of Biden’s presidency during Thursday night’s episode of his CBS program.
During his opening monologue, the late-night host noted that the broadcast would be bittersweet given Biden’s departure from the Oval Office.
“Tonight it’s just a little, a little, a little sweet and sour, a little semi-sweet chocolate chip. It’s the end of an era as this is our last show of the Biden administration.”
The audience reacted with a sigh of disappointment.
The host added that the show’s crew will take it one day at a time over the next four years.
Colbert’s show has offered strong anti-Trump resistance in joke form throughout the new president’s political career.
A Media Research Center Research found that during the height of Trump’s second presidential campaign, Colbert ripped the then-candidate about 40 times more than his presidential opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Late night hosts like Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel have been easy on President Biden in their material during his presidency, at least compared to the way they’ve treated Trump. (Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via Getty Images; Screenshot/Voto Latino; 2022 Media Access Awards presented by Easterseals/Getty Images for Easterseals)
Colbert has not completely spared Biden from a few jabs. In one instance, the host mocked him for a “meandering metaphor” he used during his speech presidential farewell speech on Wednesday.
The program played a clip of the president saying, “Like America, the Statue of Liberty does not stand still. She is on the move and literally moving. She is built to sway from side to side to withstand the wrath of stormy weather, to stand her ground keep.” the test of time, because storms always come. She swings a few inches, but she never falls into the current below.
When the camera returned to Colbert, he had put on a pair of aviator sunglasses and was doing a Biden impression. “What I’m saying is run! The Statue of Liberty is alive, everyone! Get out of there! No, no, it’s alive! I saw it in a documentary: ‘Ghostbusters 2.’ You need to spray the inside with that angry goo. Don’t cross the streams.’
‘Who are you going to call? Not me. Joe Biden out, everyone!” Colbert said as he ended the piece.
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Last March, before Biden’s exit from the 2024 presidential race in July, Colbert organized a glitzy fundraiser for the president’s re-election campaign.
