Stephen Colbert is standing by Meryl Streep’s comments at the
Golden Globes
and standing up to Donald Trump.
On the ‘Late Show’ which airs on
Star World
Premiere HD in India, Colbert took the president-elect to task for his Twitter rant in response to Streep’s criticisms of him at Sunday’s awards ceremony - especially the part where Trump called the Cecille B. DeMille Award winner “over-rated.”
Colbert started with a joke, “Of course, the president-elect, Trump, was too focused on defeating ISIS and creating jobs to pick a fight with a celebrity. Just kidding!”
After reading the offending tweet, Colbert went off: “Wait a second, I’m sorry, what? What? What did you just say? Meryl Streep, overrated?” Colbert said. “Have you seen ‘Sophie’s Choice’? Have you seen ‘The French Lieutenant’s Woman’? Have you seen that one with the dead people, that she’s even funny in that one? Look, Mr. Trump. You can refuse to release your taxes. You can call to ban an entire religion. You can play footsie with a dictator. But calling
Meryl Streep overrated? No! No! Too far!”
“You know, I wasn’t going to go to that Million Woman March, but now I am,” Colbert joked. “It’s going to be a Million Meryl March. I’ll be the one holding the Blu-Ray of Kramer vs. Kramer and weeping.” Colbert added.
The
Late Show
with Stephen Colbert airs on Star World Premiere HD in India.