⁠“He's not holding back”—Internet in splits as Stephen Colbert recreates viral Coldplay kiss cam with John Oliver, Jon Stewart and an animated Trump

Stephen Colbert has left fans in hysterics after he recreated the infamous Coldplay kiss cam video of Andy Byron and his chief of HR with John Oliver, Jon Stewart, and an animated Trump and Paramount logo.

In yet another video going viral on X, Stewart and Oliver can be seen behaving ecstatically when the camera turns to them, before the camera pans to an animated version of Trump, canoodling with the Paramount logo, before he dives as if to hide his face from the camera, similar to what the tech CEO did when his affair was unearthed:

"Ah, either they're having an affair or they're just very shy!" Colbert said, mimicking Chris Martin.

The video comes on the heels of the announcement that Stephen Colbert's The Late Show is being axed next year, with CBS reportedly stating it was “a purely financial decision." However, Colbert, who has long voiced his disdain for Trump, is seemingly alluding to Trump and the network's parent company, Paramount, being involved in something shady, which could have culminated in his show being sacked.

Nonetheless, fans are in hysterics online, with many poking fun at the video and prospect of Trump being in bed with Paramount. Here's how one user reacted, for instance:

"He's not holding back!!!"

The comments didn't end there:

"He's so petty, i love it!" one user quipped.

"I fear they gonna end his show before the date they announced," someone else jokingly speculated.

"Oh exactly Stephen Colbert you are iconic and thanks for 3nding that orange man," another chimed in.

"I'm glad our top comedic minds are keeping this banger of a joke alive," a fourth user penned.

Here's how the rest of X is reacting:

"I just know the last week of the show gonna be so messy," one user pointed out.

"U know what.. I just became a fan of Stephen..." someone else jested.

"I absolutely love dedicated haters!! Colbert is going down swinging and I am here for it," yet another echoed.

"Stephen Colbert never misses a chance to blend satire with pop culture. Recreating the Coldplay kiss cam with animated Trump and Paramount peak late-night creativity," a user asserted.

Scores online were mourning the show's demise, even though it has yet to come, with many noting that they will miss Stephen Colbert as its host.

Stephen Colbert's beef with Donald Trump and Paramount Global explored

As reported by Variety, in his latest bit of the spoof of the infamous Coldplay jumbotron video, Stephen Colbert said:

“Some people see this show going away as a sign of something truly dire… We here at ‘The Late Show’ never saw our job as changing anything other than how you felt at the end of the day… Or rather, changing how you felt the next morning, when you watched on your phone, which is why broadcast TV is dying — you’re part of the problem, look in the mirror.”

He continued:

“Point is, I don’t want this show to be associated with making you sad or anxious. So I thought: music, OK? That makes people happy, right? So instead of me talking, here with a song to cheer you up are two musical greats," he said, introducing “Weird Al” Yankovic and Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Yankovic and Miranda began a live rendition of Coldplay’s “Viva la Vida,” with the cameraman, then panning to shots of the audience, where in some of Colbert's Late Night rivals were spotted. These included Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, Anderson Cooper, Andy Cohen, Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald, and Oliver and Stewart.

At one point, Colbert interrupted the music to announce:

“I just got this note from corporate,” he said. “Your song has been canceled. It says here, 'This is a purely financial decision,'” with Colbert saying that since they began singing the song “the network has lost, and I don’t know how this is possible, $40 million to $50 million.” That’s a joke about the reported annual losses of “The Late Show.”

During his opening monologue on Monday, Stephen Colbert slammed Trump for his comment last week about being happy that "Colbert got fired." He told the president to "go f*ck himself."

Just days ago, The Guardian reported that earlier this month, Paramount Global and Trump reached a $16 million settlement over its show, 60 Minutes, thereby allowing the company's sale to Skydance Media, worth $8 billion. If this sale goes ahead, Larry Ellison, a known Trump supporter, would be given expansive power over the trajectory of CBS and all its shows.

As per the outlet, scores online are now voicing concern that The Late Show being axed was just an example of what is to come. Last week, Stephen Colbert said on his show:

“I heard so many great things from Mayor Adams about it. As someone who has always been a proud employee of this network, I am offended,” he said. “And I don’t know if anything will ever repair my trust in this company. But just taking a stab at it, I’d say $16m would help.”

Colbert further explained:

“Paramount knows they could have fought it,” because the company reportedly called the lawsuit “completely without merit”. “And keep in mind, Paramount produced Transformers: Rise of the Beast – they know completely without merit,” he quipped.

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