“Stay strong, be brave”: Colbert claims a very “in your face” win at Emmys
Stephen Colbert encouraged Americans to stay strong after his win at the Emmys The late-night host was narrated earlier this year that his run behind The Late Show desk would come to an end in Though the setup stressed the move was purely a financial decision multiple commentators presumed that Colbert was being targeted for his regular critiques of President Donald Trump Speaking on the same organization that gave him his slow-moving pink slip Colbert took another shot at Trump His ambiguous acceptance speech pulled double-duty as a eulogy for his show and a comment about living through Trump s second term Sometimes you only truly know how much you love something when you get a sense that you might be losing it he announced Ten years later in September of my friends I have never loved my country more desperately God bless America Stay strong be brave Colbert closed his speech with a quote from Prince If de-elevator tries to bring you down go crazy and punch a higher floor he announced Stephen Colbert's Emmys speech was so good I have never loved my country more desperately Stay strong be brave and if the elevator tries to bring you down go crazy and punch a higher floor pic twitter com uYTTCXZhS Spencer Althouse SpencerAlthouse September Related The Emmys winners list Colbert wasn t alone in using his time in the spotlight to shine a light on central causes Hacks stars Meg Stalter and Hannah Einbinder both took a moment to call for peace in Gaza Stalter wore a piece of tape on her purse with the words Cease fire scrawled on it as she walked the red carpet Einbinder closed her acceptance speech by saying Go Birds f k ICE and free Palestine Read more about this topic Hacks star Meg Stalter demands Gaza ceasefire with Emmys purse Jay Leno is wrong about late-night it s reliably been political Stephen Colbert wasn t CBS s first satirical sacrifice The post Stay strong be brave Colbert alleges a very in your face win at Emmys appeared first on Salon com
