Stephen Colbert Has 3 Stinging Words For The Corporate Bosses Who Canceled Him

The "Late Show" host got blunt with the key lesson he learned about billionaires.

“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert hit back at his corporate bosses on Wednesday when asked what “major lesson” he learned in 2025.

“Don’t trust billionaires,” Colbert told CNN’s Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen during their New Year’s Eve broadcast. “They don’t get rich by finding that money on the side of the road, brother.”

CBS announced the end of the “Late Show” last summer, although it will remain on the air through May of this year.

That company insisted it was “purely a financial decision” and claimed the show ― which is number one in its time slot ― was losing $40 million a year.

But most observers cast doubt on that number, with fellow late night TV host Jimmy Kimmel calling the corporate claims about Colbert “obviously lies.”