Colbert’s most-watched “The Late Show” political interview of all time is with then-candidate Donald Trump on Sept. 23, 2015, which now boasts 17.85 million views
Wait. Colbert interviewed Trump??
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I really hope they make a big deal about this interview surpassing Trump's. He'll be livid.
Yeah, he made the rounds during his first campaign.
Holy shit, what a crap website with a totally excessive number of popups and far too much fluff in the content. Glad someone posted a link to the interview.
It's fine on Firefox (with uBlock Origin). Also not full of fluff.
It's not exactly a short article, but they don't even mention key things such as who the politician is (nor context about the guy) whose interview wasn't allowed to be aired. They seem to be censoring him just the same as the TV station...
The Colbert Bump always works.
props to Colbert, btw, for all his faults, he did do whatever he could to expose the capitulators. he could have gone the safe route and not said anything.