David Letterman recently guest-starred on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, marking his final appearance before its conclusion. In it, he expressed his frustration with CBS by cussing at them. This comes shortly after he criticized the network for its alleged reasoning behind the cancellation of the show. The late-night talk show series is now only roughly a week away from airing its finale.
David Letterman uses cuss word to slam CBS
The Worldwide Pants founder, notorious for poking fun at CBS during his tenure as The Late Show’s host between 1993 and 2015, continued the tradition in his guest appearance on the latest episode. He ended it with a harsh message to the network, “In the words of the great Ed Murrow, good night and good luck, motherf***ers!”
In the episode, while speaking with Stephen Colbert, David Letterman recalled being approached when he was backstage by someone, claiming they were from CBS, who fired him. Upon hearing this, the former quipped, “I’m sorry. You caught a stray.”
“What is going on over there?” he asked, before stating he had “every right” to be annoyed, adding, “so I’ll be pissed off here a little bit.” The 79-year-old comedian then pointed out that if not for him, neither the audience nor Colbert himself would be at the Ed Sullivan Theater, where the show takes place. He continued, “We rebuilt this theater, and then Stephen came in here and, look at this, it’s like the Bellagio.” Letterman subsequently remarked, “You can take a man’s show, you can’t take a man’s voice, so that’s the good news.”
Letterman also expressed concern about the future of Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel‘s late-night shows. However, Colbert joked that there was a plan “to put them in a captive breeding program.”
The writer-producer then asked if it was the last show. Colbert clarified that it was for this week and that the final one overall would air next week. Hearing this, Letterman wondered if he could come back, to which Colbert jokingly invited him to show up on Friday, May 22, 2026 — a day after the finale airs on May 21. “You’re mean,” the former joked in response.
Later, Letterman and Colbert went to the roof of the Ed Sullivan Theater building and threw some chairs off. Notably, the former was known for doing this during his tenure.
Originally reported by Abdul Azim Naushad on Mandatory