Stephen Colbert is considering leaving the U.S. after his sudden firing from The Late Show<\/em>, calling it a \u201cgut punch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201d Reflecting on his exit, Colbert said, \u201cNow I understand why Rosie O\u2019Donnell and Ellen DeGeneres left.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sometimes, you just have to get out.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Known for his fearless political satire, Colbert\u2019s outspoken voice often clashed with CBS\u2019s direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n His comparison to Rosie and Ellen\u2014both of whom stepped away from American media due to backlash\u2014struck a nerve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou don\u2019t really understand until it happens to you,\u201d<\/em> he admitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The firing shocked fans and peers alike. Samantha Bee tweeted,<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe cannot afford to lose voices like Stephen\u2019s not to firing, and not to exile.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Colbert is unsure what\u2019s next: \u201cI don\u2019t know if this is a farewell or just a pause\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I tried to make this country a little better, one joke at a time.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Stephen Colbert May Leave U.S. After CBS Firing Stephen Colbert is considering leaving the U.S. after his sudden firing from The Late Show, calling it a \u201cgut punch. \u201d Reflecting on his exit, Colbert said, \u201cNow I understand why Rosie O\u2019Donnell and Ellen DeGeneres left. Sometimes, you just have to get out.\u201d Known for his fearless political…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4662"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4664,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4662\/revisions\/4664"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}