'Pure Cowardice!': David Letterman Tears Apart 'Gutless' CBS Over Colbert Cancellation
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The former "Late Show" host ripped his old network in his first public comments since its decision to end the program.
Former “Late Show” host David Letterman scorched CBS on Friday and took aim at his old network’s leadership over the decision to cancel the Stephen Colbert-led franchise, one he began over three decades ago.
“I think one day, if not today, the people at CBS who have manipulated and handled this are going to be embarrassed because this is gutless,” he told former “Late Show” producers Barbara Gaines and Mary Barclay in a Zoom chat uploaded to his YouTube page.
Letterman — in his first public comments since the network’s shock announcement — called the move “pure cowardice” before alluding to its parent company Paramount Global’s $16 million settlement with President Donald Trump over his widely panned “60 Minutes” lawsuit.
The settlement raised questions as it arrived weeks before the Trump-favoring Federal Communications Commission chair approved a multibillion-dollar deal Thursday that sees Paramount merging with Skydance Media, which is headed by multibillionaire Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison’s son David Ellison.
CBS has claimed that the move to cancel “The Late Show” — hosted by a frequent Trump critic in Colbert — was “purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night.”
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