Stephen Colbert Takes Aim At His Corporate Bosses In Blunt Awards Speech Moment
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The "Late Show" host also joked about his own potential future during the WGA Awards.
“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert took a shot at his corporate bosses as he was honored at the Writers Guild Awards in New York on Sunday.
Colbert was given the Walter Bernstein Award, which the WGA said is for a member who has “demonstrated with creativity, grace and bravery a willingness to confront social injustice in the face of adversity.”
But at the ceremony, Colbert said he doesn’t “deserve” any parallels to the award’s namesake, who was blacklisted during McCarthyism in the 1950s for being a member of the Communist Party.
“This is not the 1950s. This is not the Red Scare. And, as far as I can tell, no one in late night is fomenting a revolution,” Colbert said. “As we know, the revolution will not be televised. It was going to be televised but then Paramount bought it.”
That was a reference to his show being canceled by CBS last summer ― something President Donald Trump had long demanded ― which came just as corporate parent Paramount sought FCC approval to complete a merger.
The "Late Show" host also joked about his own potential future during the WGA Awards.
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