“The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert, who kicked off his final week on TV, unearthed a shocking photo of Hillary Clinton from the 2016 presidential election that didn’t make the cut at the time.
But now, it’s been exposed nearly 10 years later and left the former Secretary of State fuming mad.
Last night, Colbert began his final week of “The Late Show” with a “Worst Of” episode, including showing off jokes and bits that didn’t make the cut.
One example included a nod to Hillary Clinton.
Back in 2016, Colbert was so confident Hillary would win in 2016, he planned to display the phrase “I’m With Her” on the buttocks of nude male models.
This had to be changed in the middle of a live broadcast as election results poured in, where she lost to then-presidential candidate Donald Trump.
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Stephen Colbert kicks off his final week of "The Late Show" with a "Worst Of" episode — showing off jokes and bits that didn't make the cut.
First example: He was so confident Hillary would win in 2016, he planned to display the phrase "I'm With Her" on the buttocks of nude… pic.twitter.com/SkOong5qwZ
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Colbert debuted another never-before-seen Clinton visual in a segment, “Graphics Graveyard”, titled after a Slack channel used by “Late Show” staff to dump failed ideas.
The graphic declared a smiling Clinton as the “Winner” of the 45th presidential election that Donald Trump ultimately won.
“Oh, grow up. It all worked out fine,” a member of the show’s graphic team sarcastically exclaimed after Colbert pointed out the Clinton image.
Colbert’s nearly 11-year “Late Show” run will come to a close on Thursday, after more than 1,800 episodes on CBS.
CBS’s decision to end “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” sparked uproar in the entertainment community and led to claims that Paramount Global was trying to appease Trump while finalizing its merger with Skydance Media.
According to the New York Post, the network has denied that political motivations fueled the choice, maintaining that the move was purely financial over the show’s reported $40 million annual loss.
Critics, including David Letterman and fellow late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, have remained skeptical of the reasoning, particularly given Paramount’s efforts to secure regulatory approval for the Skydance deal.
Letterman, who launched “The Late Show” in 1993 and hosted it for more than two decades before Colbert took over in 2015, marched back into the Ed Sullivan Theater on Thursday and blasted the network’s decision to ax the late-night special.
Trump celebrated Colbert’s cancellation on Truth Social, writing that he “absolutely love[d] that Colbert got fired” while claiming the comedian had less “talent” than his ratings.
Hillary Clinton did not comment on the lost photos at the time of publication.