Late-night host Stephen Colbert ditched his usual comedy on Wednesday night, opting for a subdued and slightly depressing monologue — which he said was aimed at letting his audience know that if they were upset about the results of Tuesday’s presidential election, they were not alone.
Colbert, apparently banking on none of his audience members having voted for former President Donald Trump, opened the show by saying, “Hey there, how are you doing? If you watch this show regularly, I’m guessing you’re not doing great. Yeah, me neither.”
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“The Late Show” host began by promising to eventually get to the jokes but said that he first wanted to let his audience know that he was feeling the same things that they were. He also thanked them for being there, noting that he didn’t want to be alone either.
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“Today, some people said to me, ‘Sorry you have to do a show tonight,’ which is nice of them to say, but I don’t have to do a show. I get to do a show tonight,” Colbert said. “I’m so grateful to be with all of these talented people, those people over here, those people that you’ll never see, with the audience in the Ed Sullivan, with you people at home, because especially at times like this, what do we most want to be? Not alone. So thanks for being here.”
We’re gonna do a comedy show, it’s a comedy show, we’re gonna do some jokes in just a minute because that’s what we do, and I’ll let you in on a little secret. No one gets into this business because everything in their life worked out great, so we’re built for rough roads. You guys ready?”
Colbert did eventually pivot to the comedy, at which point he immediately began to attack Trump: “Who knows what the next four years are going to be like. What we do know is that we are going to be governed by a monstrous child surrounded by cowards and grifters.”
