""Trump's invasion of Venezuela on Saturday threw off my plans for what I really wanted to talk about this week, which of course is how this year's Kennedy Center Honors drew an all-time low viewership on CBS with host Donald Trump," Colbert told his audience. Nobody saw that coming, he said, before correcting himself. Oh, I'm sorry, read that wrong. Nobody saw that."
"It is beneath me to gloat, but if it weren't, I'd call him no-talent, low-rated Donald Trump. The audience erupted into cheers and chants of Stephen as Colbert leaned into Trump's well-worn excuse-making, suggesting viewers cut the guy some slack since it was his first time hosting the event. As a former Kennedy Center host myself, I know it can take a while to build up an audience."
Stephen Colbert mocked President Donald Trump's hosting of the Kennedy Center Honors, calling him no-talent and low-rated while pointing to the event's record-low viewership. The December ceremony became the first time a sitting president hosted and opened with a 12-minute address that CBS trimmed to two minutes for its broadcast. The broadcast averaged an estimated 3.01 million viewers, down sharply from 4.1 million the previous year. Colbert referenced Trump's prior Christmas Eve tirade attacking his ratings and contrasted it with his own 2014 Kennedy Center broadcast that drew 9.25 million viewers. The audience cheered Colbert's barbs and chants of his name.
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