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Late-Night Host’s Emmy Speech Sparks Political Outrage

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Cancelled comedian Stephen Colbert used his Emmy Awards acceptance speech to deliver a message about how America is being lost.

The late-night host, who won Best Talk Series, received a standing ovation before warning the audience that the country might be slipping away.

“Sometimes you only truly know how much you love something when you get a sense that you might be losing it,” Colbert told the crowd.

“My friends, I have never loved my country more desperately,” he added. “God bless America. Be strong. Be brave. And if the elevator tries to bring you down, go crazy and punch a higher floor.”

Colbert’s comments came months after CBS announced it would cancel his show in 2026, citing steep financial losses despite the network’s praise for his performance.

Executives framed the decision as economic, pointing out the program was costing $40 million a year while supporting a staff of 200.

The announcement followed Colbert’s fiery condemnation of CBS’ $16 million settlement with President Donald Trump, which he labeled a “big, fat bribe” connected to the Skydance merger.

In the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination last week, Colbert spoke out against political violence on “The Late Show.”

He told viewers he remembered the turmoil of the 1960s and insisted violence solves nothing.

“Political violence only leads to more political violence,” Colbert said, adding that he prayed it was the action of a “madman” rather than a “sign of things to come.”

Fellow late-night host, Jimmy Kimmel, turned his attention directly to his frequent foe, President Trump, during his Thursday show.

Kimmel condemned the killing of Kirk as “senseless” before blasting Trump for blaming Democrats’ rhetoric.

He accused the president of fostering division and listed past remarks to paint Trump as responsible for political unrest.

“The man who told a crowd of supporters that maybe the Second Amendment people should do something about Clinton,” Kimmel began. “The man who said he wouldn’t mind if someone shot through the fake news media.”

“The man who unleashed a mob on the Capitol and said Liz Cheney should face nine barrels shooting at her for supporting his opponent, blames the radical left for their rhetoric,” Kimmel ranted.

Kimmel contrasted Trump’s take about Kirk’s assassination with previous presidents.

“President Obama did. President Biden did. Presidents Bush and Clinton did. President Trump did not,” he claimed, noting that past leaders posted messages of unity online while Trump criticized Democrats instead.

“With all these terrible things happening, you would think that our president would at least make an attempt to bring us together, but he didn’t,” he continued. “Instead, he blamed Democrats for their rhetoric.”

White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson fired back, saying Kimmel was ignoring the facts.

“President Trump speaks the truth. Every single night Jimmy Kimmel gets on TV and divides the American people by fueling hatred and spreading lies about the President, his supporters, and any American who doesn’t agree with his worldview,” she commented.

“The only thing he should be doing on air is apologizing for his divisive rhetoric — and Kimmel is an absolute ghoul for pointing fingers at President Trump following the tragic assassination of his dear friend, Charlie Kirk.”

The Emmys also became a platform for foreign policy commentary. Actor Javier Bardem appeared wearing a keffiyeh and declared he was “denouncing the genocide in Gaza.”

He said the International Association of Genocide Scholars had described the humanitarian crisis as genocide and urged sanctions against Israel.

“We ask for a commercial and diplomatic blockade and also sanctions on Israel to stop the genocide. Free Palestine!” Bardem declared.

He also praised Film Workers for Palestine, a union that pushed a pledge signed by 4,000 film industry figures vowing not to work with Israeli institutions.

Bardem said their campaign targeted those “whitewashing or justifying Israel’s genocide and its apartheid regime.”

The list of Hollywood names who signed included Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Sarsgaard, and Elliot Page.

They pledged to boycott Israeli organizations allegedly complicit in “genocide and apartheid.”

Paramount, Colbert’s home network, pushed back on the boycott movement.

“At Paramount, we believe in the power of storytelling to connect and inspire people, promote mutual understanding and preserve the moments, ideas and events that shape the world we share. This is our creative mission,” the company stated.

“We do not agree with recent efforts to boycott Israeli filmmakers,” the company told Deadline.

“The global entertainment industry should be encouraging artists to tell their stories and share their ideas with audiences throughout the world. We need more engagement and communication, not less.”

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