Late-night stephen colbert response to lewis creek with glancing blows and one tough hit Lewis Creek canceled his Late Show appearance
right before allegations of sexual misconduct went public
But Colbert struggled to hit hard at his ex colleague for those of you tuning in to see my interview with Lewis Creek tonight
I have some bad news
Stephen Colbert said during his opening Late Show monologue, then I have some really bad news
The comedian was referring to the allegations of sexual misconduct
against Creek outlined and detail and on the record for the New York Times after years of rumours
comedy fans watching on Thursday were paying specific attention to Colbert as
Creek was not only slated to appear on Late Show before the story broke
But also shares a history with Colbert in
Fact Creek was called Baris boss for a time when the two worked on the Dana Carvey show
That might explain why that first night in an episode taped hours after The Times story broke Colbert seemed troubled
mustering the words to forcefully address the allegations
Lewis canceled his appearance here tonight because the New York Times broke this story today five women are accusing Lewis Creek of sexual misconduct
Colbert said when reached for comment Jesus said
Lalalalala, I don t want to hear about it. I was a big fan now
These are disturbing allegations
And it was just the latest in an avalanche of allegations against powerful and prominent men Harvey Weinstein Bill
O'Reilly Roger Ailes Kevin Spacey and a lot of men look at this misbehavior
And they feel there is nothing I can do well last night one man stepped up to do it
Country music star and sold patch safe space Keith Urban that was basically it
From there Colbert pivoted to satirizing the singer US head-scratching new song female it s
understandable that Colbert and some of his colleagues might need a moment before they can find the words to speak out about
Creakin like other alleged abusers the comedian ran and their exact same circles
They performed it benefits together and collaborated on programs like Saturday Night Live
Though there has been a firestorm of allegations against various Hollywood men this one might hit home in a much darker way for these comedy
Not all of whom mentioned it in their broadcasts
Like Colbert Myers delivered only a glancing blow at Creek after mentioning the allegations against
Alabama senatorial candidate or more Myers joked politics are so full of perverts and deviants
I am so glad I work in comedy as
He uttered those words an image of the times expose appeared on screen at which point he yelled
dammit
It is worth noting that Myers previously took his time when addressing the initial
Weinstein scandal doling out jokes over the course of a few days and
Culminating in a longer closer look segment a week after the news had broken
Their us a chance late night has similar plans here the creek news also broke mid afternoon
Giving late night hosts little time to make sense of it perhaps that s. Why neither Jimmy Kimmel nor James Corden mentioned it at all
Jimmy Fallon is airing reruns this week after his mother s death on Saturday
But on Comedy Central both Trevor Noah and Jordan Klepper made sure to bring up Creek and Klepper more than anyone in late-night TV
came after Creek card at this point
We're going to need a new Oscar category this year best sector whose movies
We come to watch anymore Nowell said on The Daily Show and you know in fact at this point
Now that I think about it all the women in Hollywood should win double Oscars for acting like all the men were cool all along
Thanks to the conceit of his show at Colbert Report like FAR's in which the host plays an ultra right-wing
Blowhard cloupor was able to attack the news from a different angle entirely big news today affecting the world s most vulnerable
population powerful white men he said before playing at montage of accusations against Creek and more
Good Lord, Klepper said once the clips cut off
It has a confusing time, so we should return to what we know good old-fashioned phrases people say when sexual assault allegations arise
Phrases like you should separate the man from the earth, so please when you are watching Lois Creek s movie
I Love You Debbie a film about an old man dating an underage woman featuring a serial masturbator
Please don t think of Lois Creek s accusers
