Stephen Colbert Gives Bill O’Reilly Epic Sendoff: ‘A Self-Righteous Landfill of Angry Garbage’
R.I.P. PAPA BEAR
Conservative pundit ‘Stephen Colbert’ also appeared to say goodbye to his ‘Papa Bear.’
04.19.17 10:34 PM ET
It’s official: Stephen Colbert’s “Papa Bear” is done. The man who served as the primary inspiration for the “Stephen Colbert” character who spent nearly a decade hosting The Colbert Report was finally ousted by Fox News after years of allegedly sexually harassing his co-workers.
“Bill and I did not see eye to eye on… anything,” Colbert said during his Late Show monologue Wednesday night after announcing the news to his audience. “I’ve done my fair share of jokes about him,” he continued, noting that he also once stole O’Reilly’s microwave, which he ultimately auctioned off to benefit wounded soldiers. But the host insisted, “I take no pleasure in his downfall.”
“I’m not going to sit here and publicly gloat,” he continued. Instead, he asked the camera to pan away from him so he could celebrate in private. “It’s not that big of a surprise, I guess. We all saw this coming at us, like an old man cornering an intern in the breakroom.”
Stephen Colbert Gives Bill O’Reilly Epic Sendoff: ‘A Self-Righteous Landfill of Angry Garbage’
R.I.P. PAPA BEAR
Conservative pundit ‘Stephen Colbert’ also appeared to say goodbye to his ‘Papa Bear.’
04.19.17 10:34 PM ET
It’s official: Stephen Colbert’s “Papa Bear” is done. The man who served as the primary inspiration for the “Stephen Colbert” character who spent nearly a decade hosting The Colbert Report was finally ousted by Fox News after years of allegedly sexually harassing his co-workers.
“Bill and I did not see eye to eye on… anything,” Colbert said during his Late Sh
ow monologue Wednesday night after announcing the news to his audience. “I’ve done my fair share of jokes about him,” he continued, noting that he also once stole O’Reilly’s microwave, which he ultimately auctioned off to benefit wounded soldiers. But the host insisted, “I take no pleasure in his downfall.”
“I’m not going to sit here and publicly gloat,” he continued. Instead, he asked the camera to pan away from him so he could celebrate in private. “It’s not that big of a surprise, I guess. We all saw this coming at us, like an old man cornering an intern in the breakroom.”