In his first episode since announcing "The Late Show's" cancellation, Stephen Colbert had choice words for President Trump, who'd celebrated the news.

In case anyone worried Stephen Colbert was going to go quietly into the night after CBS canceled The Late Show, it’s clear he won’t. In an early clip posted from the show, Colbert responded to President Trump’s gleeful social media post about his firing.

Stephen Colbert had a short response to Donald Trump after the president celebrated the cancelation of his show: “Go f– yourself. Colbert broke the news on Thursday that CBS will cancel “The Late Show” next May at the end of the 2025-2026 season — Colbert will also depart the network at that time.

Fans, political figures and fellow late-night hosts seemed stunned Thursday night when comedian Stephen Colbert announced that CBS would be ending The Late Show in May 2026, with many questioning what pushed the network and its parent company, Paramount Global, to make the decision.

CBS and its parent company, Paramount, have set an end date for one of the last public pipelines to some version of the truth.

Even CNN’s Brian Stelter, no fan of Trump, said as much, writing: “The bottom has indeed been falling out of the late-night TV business model for several years now. Audience fragmentation and digital competition have led to a decline in ad revenue across the board. One insider described it as ‘cratering’ at CBS.”

John Oliver has weighed in on CBS' cancellation of "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert," calling it "terrible news for the world of comedy."

CBS decided to cancel “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and end the franchise series after three decades, citing financial

CBS has officially announced that Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” will come to an end in May 2026. The network said the decision was financial, not personal. In a statement from CBS executives, they explained,