Stephen Colbert has ridiculed Donald Trump after viewing figures for the president's Kennedy Center Honors were released.
The Late Show host, who has appeared at the Kennedy Center Honors show in the past, jokingly bragged about the viewership of previous awards ceremonies and noted Trump's reached an all-time low. CBS confirmed last year's event, which was hosted by the president, gave the network some of its lowest viewing figures for the Kennedy Center Honors.
Colbert said, "This year's Kennedy Center Honors drew an all-time low viewership on CBS, with host Donald Trump. Nobody saw that coming. I'm sorry, I read that wrong, nobody saw that. The president managed to draw only three million on CBS."
"Now, it is beneath me to gloat, but if it weren't beneath me, I'd call him 'no-talent, low-rated Donald Trump'." The "no-talent, low-rated" comment comes just a month after Trump had called Colbert a "talentless" show host.
He fumed in a Truth Social post, "Stephen Colbert is a pathetic trainwreck, with no talent or anything else necessary for show business success. Now, after being terminated by CBS, but left out to dry, he has actually gotten worse, along with his nonexistent ratings. I see why he said that, that felt good."
"Stephen is running on hatred and fumes - a dead man walking! CBS should, 'put him to sleep,' NOW, it is the humanitarian thing to do!" Colbert seems to have gotten one over on the president, comparing Trump's three million views to his own Kennedy Center Honors support.
Colbert has hosted the event in the past, with his impressive viewing figures shared on The Late Show. The host said, "Maybe we should cut the guy some slack, after all it was just his first year hosting. As a former Kennedy Center host myself, I know it can take a while to build an audience."
"What were my ratings my first year? 9.25million viewers. What? 9.25million viewers. Wow, what do you know, three times as many and I didn't even name the building after myself."
