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Though he often satirized the Trump administration and the former president’s many gaffes,The Late ShowhostStephen Colbertsaid that it was often difficult to find humor in the state of America.
Elsewhere in the profile, Colbert suggested that the former administration and the networks that supported it “played a very complex game of psychology on the American people that damn near worked.”
When writing jokes about Trump, 74, and his impact on America, Colbert said the staff would often have to take a break to ensure they didn’t become too jaded or desensitized.
“Every so often it would come up in the writers' room. We would need to metaphorically pull the car over and everybody get out to go throw up in a ditch and get our breath back and realize how insane today was,” he toldVariety. “Because you’d become inured to it. And part of the job was to not develop a callus? That was a big part of it.”
Colbert likened Trump to someone who cast a spell over his audience, telling the publication that a “common feeling” among writers onThe Late Showwas that many of the former president’s actions were “personally offensive and personally assaultive.”
Prior to Trump’s loss becoming official, the talk show host poked fun at Trump and his administration for claiming they had won the election, even asmillions of votes were still being countedacross the country.
“A move that just reeks of desperation and cheap cologne. With a million votes still uncounted, Trump’s campaign manager came out of the blue to announce, ‘We are declaring victory in Pennsylvania,’ " Colbert said, adding, “and I fully expect his victory in Pennsylvania to be just as successfulas his victory over coronavirus.”
Colbert then showed off a mock cover ofPEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive issuefeaturing himself.
“Gosh, I hope this announcement doesn’t overshadow me declaring myself PEOPLE Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive,” he joked. “I sensed a power vacuum in the sexy sphere.”
source: people.com
