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Former Comedy Central host of The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert, has moved into some bigger shoes as the new host of CBS’ “The Late Show”. Getting off to a swift and stern start in his first of airing, he has quickly gained the heart of viewers nationwide. Although his reception has been majority positive, he ruffled some feathers of FOX News hosts after wearing a bracelet showing his support for the #BlackLivesMatter movement.
Hosts Tucker Carlson, Anna Kooiman, and Clayton Morris took to their weekend show ‘Fox and Friends’ to share their disapproval of Colbert’s wristband and his support of the movement (courtesy of itsbriansworld.com):
Crooks and Liars has been following the entire story closely and even transcribed a bit of their on air conversation from :
TUCKER CARLSON: So it’s possible [Colbert] is so rich, famous, a celebrity guy, so totally out of touch he doesn’t fully understand what that represents. But here is my concern, obviously Stephen Colbert is a talented character, but there is also a strain of self-righteousness in his comedy. I don’t think it — I mean, do you really want to get into this your first week on air, diving face first into the most divisive social movement in America?
ANNA KOOIMAN: It is very divisive, there is no doubt about that, but there are a lot of supporters for this group. The problem with this group is that there are so many different factions, right? I mean, I don’t think Stephen Colbert, at least I hope, isn’t supporting the same group that says, “Fry like bacon, pigs in a blanket,” and, “What do we want dead cops? What do we want right now?”
CLAYTON MORRIS: Or the Black Lives Matter group yesterday we reported on down there that attacked that one guy’s truck because he had “Blue Lives Matter” on it, they ripped up the truck and spray painted it. Chances are Stephen Colbert does not support that side.
Let’s be honest: What was so wrong with him showing his support for a movement that is helping to eliminate a prejudice? It’s almost as if, FOX News is completely against the movement which is scary. I think it’s other things they should be worried about as opposed to criticizing Stephen Colbert for being a human. What do you think
