CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert mourned the end of Biden's presidency on Thursday, noting that this was his last episode of "The Late Show" during his tenure.
Calling it "the end of an era," Colbert also joked that President-elect Donald Trump may not return during his second term, which begins Monday, January 20. On the show.
"Yeah, good run. Good run, Joe. Thank you. Thank you for all your hard work. The next time you all see me, Donald Trump will be president. And you probably won't be able to see My turn,” the anti-Trump comedian told the audience.
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"Late Show" host Stephen Colbert expressed regret at the end of Biden's presidency during a Thursday night appearance on CBS.
The late-night host said in his opening monologue that the broadcast would be bittersweet considering Biden's exit from the Oval Office.
"Tonight, it's just a little, a little, a little sour, a little semi-sweet chocolate chips. It's the end of an era because this is the last show of our Biden administration."
The audience let out a disappointed sigh.
The host added that the show's staff will be "taking this one day at a time" over the "next four years."
Colbert's show offered staunch anti-Trump resistance in the form of jokes about the incoming president's political career.
A study by the Media Research Center found that during the height of Trump's second presidential campaign, Colbert's support for the then-candidate was higher than that of his presidential opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris About 40 times.
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Late-night hosts like Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel have been as lenient with President Biden in their material throughout his presidency, at least as they have been with Trump. This is compared to the common method. (Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via Getty Images; Screenshot/Voto Latino; 2022 Media Access Award presented to Easterseals/Getty Images)
Colbert didn't exactly shield Biden from an attack or two. At one point, the host mocked his use of "twisting metaphors" in his presidential farewell address on Wednesday.
The show played a clip of the president saying: "Like America, the Statue of Liberty is not stationary. She marches, and she does move. She was built to rock back and forth to withstand stormy weather. Furious, stand up." The test of time, for the storm will always come, but she will never fall into the current below. "
When the camera returned to Colbert, he was wearing aviator sunglasses, giving off a Biden impression. "What I'm saying is, run! The Statue of Liberty is alive, everyone! Get out of there! No, no, it's alive! I saw it in a documentary called Ghostbusters 2." You have to use that Angry slime sprays inside. Don't cross streams. "
"Who are you calling? Not me. Joe Biden, everyone, get out!" Colbert said, finishing his sentence.
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Last March, Colbert hosted a lavish fundraiser for the president's re-election campaign before Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race in July.