Stephen Colbert Further Humiliated After New Development

A humiliating spectacle unfolded over the weekend as just a handful of rally participants showed up to show their support for the newly canceled comedian Stephen Colbert.

The CBS late-night host was supposed to be the focus of a sizable “We’re With Colbert” rally outside CBS’s offices in Manhattan on Sunday. Instead, less than two dozen showed up, a huge letdown for New York media, which had anticipated a groundswell of support after wall-to-wall news coverage that Colbert’s show would be canceled at the end of its 10th season.

A cavalcade of New York police officers showed up to monitor the protest, which reportedly didn’t last long; some participants left after just a few minutes.

Organizers of the “We’re With Colbert” rally said their demonstration was meant to remind corporate America about the importance of “integrity” under a second Trump administration.

“Our country is not perfect, never has been,” said an organizer of the event who would only identify himself as Matt and said his nickname was “Slim.”

“But we’ve always had the First Amendment, and now Mango Mussolini is trying to take that from us,” he said, derogatorily referring to President Donald Trump.

CBS defended its decision to terminate the entirety of its late-night programming, which is on pace to lose between $40 million and $50 million this year alone. It will be the end of an era that began under late-night host David Letterman with the 1993 launch of his eponymous show.

Critics, meanwhile, have accused the network of paying a ransom to Trump in exchange for allowing its merger with Skydance to be completed last week, an $8 billion deal that will personally net Skydance owner Shari Redstone a reported $500 million or more.

Colbert has been at the forefront of comedians lambasting his own network for allegedly paying a “bribe” to Trump, and his termination prompted sharp pushback from other comedian talk show hosts, including Jimmy Kimmel and Jon Stewart.

“This is a First Amendment attack,” said a protester about the closing down of Colbert’s show, the NY Post reported. “We can’t stand for that.”

Trump was practically gleeful after news of Colbert’s cancellation was announced last week.

“I absolutely love that Colbert got fired. His talent was even less than his ratings,” he wrote on July 18.

Colbert, doing his best to put on a brave face one day after the news broke, promised to “take off the gloves” for the remainder of his time on the air.

“The gloves are off! I can finally speak unvarnished truth to power and say what I really think about Donald Trump. Starting now,” he said, staring dead ahead into the camera. “I don’t care for him.”