Watching Colbert get visibly flustered at his audience's first reaction makes it worth watching. https://t.co/hMVKyQ3w5A
— Cuffy (@CuffyMeh) May 10, 2017
On the Late Show, Stephen Colbert broke the news to his audience that Donald Trump had fired FBI Director James Comey, and their reaction was not what he hoped for. Watch:
Tonight! Stephen reacts to the day's big surprise: the firing of James Comey by President Trump. #LSSC pic.twitter.com/axuUmFLtSd
— The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) May 10, 2017
That backfired just a little.
The Colbert audience cheering wildly when they hear Comey was fired is pretty priceless. https://t.co/MOJTR2fznY
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) May 10, 2017
Seriously this is too funny. Colbert-bots still think of Comey as the bad guy so their first reaction was to cheer. https://t.co/lFlofUOlSk
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) May 10, 2017
Dems have gone back and forth on Comey so much even Colbert’s fans are unsure how they’re supposed to react on any given day.
COLBERT: Trump fired Comey
NY AUDIENCE: YEAAAAAAAAAAAH
COLBERT: No guys, this is bad. Here's some awful jokes to explain why.
AUDIENCE: Boo? https://t.co/5wqNWuUuWr— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) May 10, 2017
– Trump fired Comey!
*audience cheers*
– No guys the narrative has changed you're supposed to boo!
*audience boos*#TribalismIsCancer https://t.co/J0mFcZWsl4— Hipster Capitalist (@HipstCapitalist) May 10, 2017
@colbertlateshow You actually chastised the crowd for giving the reaction you've trained into them for the past 6 months.
— Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) May 10, 2017
@colbertlateshow audience clearly didn't know how to react to the news in real time
— Nathan Bickell (@TheBickell90) May 10, 2017
WHOA: Ultra-Lib crowd at the pre-recorded @colbertlateshow CHEER on the Comey news because they have not gotten the memo to be angry: https://t.co/2sL5TnzeKB
— Yossi Gestetner (@YossiGestetner) May 10, 2017