It’s a big fat bribe.” Jon Stewart of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” followed suit, calling the settlement “shameful.” Both hosts, who work for Paramount Global the parent company of both CBS and Comedy Central,

On Thursday, CBS announced that it was cancelling the long running The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The cancellation news came just days after Stephen Colbert, a critic of Donald Trump, called out Paramount, the parent company of CBS, over its $16 million settlement with the president.