Stephen Colbert Had to Work on a Friday Because ‘Trump Continues to Happen’ (Video)

“Late Show” normally pre-tapes two shows on Thursday

Sorry, Stephen Colbert — you almost had a three-day weekend there. The “Late Show” host and his staff scrambled to tape a new cold open on Friday. Why? Because well, as the CBS personality put it, “Trump continues to happen.”

In this case, it was the prior evening’s late-breaking news that the POTUS tried to fire lead Russia collusion investigator Robert Mueller back in June that forced the overtime.

Ordinarily, Colbert’s crew pre-tapes two shows on Thursdays, providing an original episode for Friday evening.  Though they still did that, the intro was a total re-do.

“So that uncrossable line in the ethical sand? Turns out Trump crossed it seven months ago,” Colbert said in the new version, which was shot bare bones in the halls of his offices. “I can’t wait to find out about the nuke he launched on Thanksgiving.”

Of course, per Trump, the Muller thing is all “fake news.”

Watch the video above.

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