‘The View’ Melts Down Over Colbert: ‘King’ Trump Is ‘Coming For’ The Court Jesters

Joy Behar claimed on Tuesday that late-night comedian Stephen Colbert had his show canceled because “King” President Donald Trump was “coming for the comedians” and not allowing the “court jesters” to do their jobs.

Referencing medieval tradition — specifically, the notion that only the court jester was allowed to mock the king and for that reason had an obligation to do so — Behar suggested that Colbert’s show was getting the axe because Trump did not like being mocked.

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Ignoring how he lost $40 million, Joy Behar falsely claims Stephen Colbert lost his job (in 10 months) because “King” Trump is coming for “the court jester[s].” pic.twitter.com/TUS5ZQgdQX

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Cohost Sunny Hostin complained that Colbert’s dismissal — which appears to have been based on net losses due to insufficient ad revenue — amounted to “the dismantling of our democracy, This is the dismantling of our Constitution.”

“If the comedians are being attacked, then that means our Constitution is being dismantled,” Hostin continued, ignoring the financial issues in play and suggesting that Colbert had been canceled solely because he was vocally opposed to Trump. “What are we going to do as a country? We must protect our Constitution and we must protect our democracy. This is bigger than just the cancellation of a television show.”

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Sara Haines admits that “linier TV” is on a downward slope and advertisers are not dropping the same type of money they used to as they move to digital platforms.
She wonders: “Even when you take Stephen Colbert out of the 20 million [salary] where do you come up with the other… pic.twitter.com/kJAh0rSgMh

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Cohost Sara Haines conceded that there could be financial reasons for the decision, noting that advertisers were not putting up the same kind of cash they used to as streaming platforms have taken up some of the bandwidth.

Hostin pushed back, saying that Colbert had raked in some $60 million in ad buys — but left out the fact that his show cost around $100 million to produce, resulting in a $40 million loss.

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Whoopi says The View supports Colbert and they have his back.
Despite the fact it was announced that The Late Show would be no more, she insists that “I’m not seeing that the Late Show is gone. I don’t feel like it’s gone.”
She refused to say why she thought that, proclaiming… pic.twitter.com/puZW9V37d4

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Whoopi Goldberg weighed in then, saying that no matter what happened, she would stand with Colbert. “I’m not seeing that the Late Show is gone. I don’t feel like it’s gone.”