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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Justin Baragona

Fired Stephen Colbert professes his ‘love’ for new CBS boss David Ellison: ‘That oughta buy us a couple more months’

Stephen Colbert kicked off The Late Show Thursday with a sarcastic jab at his soon-to-be former boss, expressing his “love” for Paramount Skydance chief David Ellison while quipping that he just bought his canceled show a “couple more months.”

Colbert, whose decade-plus run with CBS wraps up next May, opened the show by acknowledging that it was a special occasion that he wanted to commemorate with his studio audience.

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