But immediately after, Colbert had to walk that back because of an extremely weird conspiracy theory spread by Chansley.

A new report from the Wall Street Journal alleges that Attorney General Pam Bondi told Trump his name was mentioned in Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking investigation files.

Stephen Colbert feigned surprise at reports that the president had already been told he was in the Epstein files: “But he said he hardly knew the guy!”

"It's not a great look when you fly on the pedophiles plane enough times to earn Diamond Pervert Status," the "Late Show" host says

The late-night host said the president was distracting from the criticism over his administration's handling of the Epstein files.

"The word is, and it's a strong word at that, Jimmy Kimmel is NEXT to go in the untalented Late Night Sweepstakes and, shortly thereafter, Fallon will be gone," Trump wrote. The president continued on, slamming Kimmel and Fallon for having "absolutely NO TALENT" and even blamed them for "destroying what used to be GREAT Television."

Stephen Colbert returned to “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on Monday night for the first time since announcing the show would be canceled next spring. With days to process the news and a full monologue to work with,