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Late-night host Stephen Colbert responded to claims that CBS canceled his show for political reasons, saying those ideas were "reasonable," but added that wasn’t his own reaction to the decision.

GQ's Zach Baron asked Colbert to respond to Democratic lawmakers such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Sen. Adam Schiff , D-Calif., who both wanted to know whether CBS canceled the show for political reasons .

CBS announced in July that it would cancel "The Late Show" and that Colbert’s final episode would air in May 2026. The network said the move was purely a financial decision.

"I mean, that’s not my job. That’s not my reaction to it. My reaction as a professional in show business is to go: That is the network’s dec

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