Colbert bitterly mocks Paramount cope with slew of pee jokes

Stephen Colbert — whose “Late Present” was axed this month following CBS proprietor Paramount’s authorized settlement with President Trump — bitterly mocked the media large’s upcoming merger with a sequence of crude pee jokes.

Taking purpose on the change in Paramount’s ticker, which is able to go from PARA to PSKY after its cope with David Ellison’s Skydance Media, Colbert pronounced the brand new title as “pee-sky.”

“I’m thrilled for everybody at Paramount,” Colbert quipped Monday night time, including: “Quickly, PSKY will blast sizzling, streaming content material proper in your face with hits like ‘Yellowstone,’ ‘Yellowjackets’ and a full number of water sports activities.

“I predict PSKY will turn into synonymous with primary. PSKY: a pitcher of heat leisure,” Colbert joked.

CBS has maintained that the cancellation of “The Late Present” is “purely a monetary choice towards a difficult backdrop in late night time.”

Outraged critics have accused the community of firing Colbert to appease Trump as a part of its $16 million settlement with the president, which involved a lawsuit associated to a controversially edited “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris.

The FCC greenlit the $8.4 billion sale of Paramount to Skydance — which had been in limbo for a 12 months — only a week after it was introduced that Colbert was canceled. 

Previous to the approval, Skydance made guarantees to slash DEI insurance policies at CBS and appoint a media bias ombudsman to supervise the community.

“After months of delay, the deal was lastly permitted by FCC chairman and good good-looking man who Paramount officers described as ‘liquid intercourse’ Brendan Carr,” Colbert jabbed, flashing a photograph of Carr on the display.

Colbert additionally nodded to Trump’s social media posts earlier this week slamming NBC and ABC.

“Wow, ‘Concast’s’ NBC is down in viewership nearly 28% this 12 months. Their programming is horrible, their administration even worse. They’re an arm of the Democrat Occasion, and needs to be held accountable for that. Likewise, Pretend Information ABC!!! MAGA,” Trump wrote in a submit.

“Networks aren’t allowed to be political pawns for the Democrat Occasion. It has turn into so outrageous that, in my view, their licenses might, and may, be revoked! MAGA,” he wrote in one other submit.

The late-night host, who has been the frontman at “The Late Present” for a couple of decade, advised Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon — his counterparts at ABC and NBC — to “come on in.”

“The water’s heat due to all of the PSKY,” Colbert mentioned.

Colbert tore into Paramount final week for handing over hundreds of thousands of {dollars} to Trump after the media firm laid off 1000’s of staff.

“Final 12 months, Paramount laid off 2,000 staff, then minimize one other a number of hundred simply final month,” he mentioned. 

Trump has mentioned he expects a further $20 million in promoting and public service bulletins from Skydance as soon as it takes management of Paramount, for a complete $36 million settlement, confirming an unique report by The Put up.

“Firing that many individuals after which handing over 36 mil to a man who’s placing your neighbors in alligator camps, all due to a lawsuit that your personal legal professionals mentioned was fully with out benefit, if that’s true, it might make CBS morally bankrupt. Additionally, bankrupt.”