Actress Sandra Oh put Stephen Colbert in a tough spot on Monday when she became the first guest to appear on The Late Show after CBS decided to pull the plug. As Oh wished that a plague would descend upon CBS and its parent company, Paramount, Colbert had to look right into the camera and insist that he did not share such views.
Oh did not even wait for Colbert to ask a question, “Stephen, can I just start by saying something that I feel like probably everyone here and everyone who is so supportive outside wants to say, which is that I am so sorry and saddened and properly outraged for the cancellation of late night here.”
A raucous applause from the audience later, Oh tried to turn Colbert into a free speech martyr, “And not only for yourself and for this entire family who are here but for what it means, of what it means where we are in our culture, and what it means for free speech. So, I just want to say sorry, and also if I can have your hand.”
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