Tuesday night’s episode of “The Late Late Show With Stephen Colbert” took an unexpected turn.
Protesters decided to make themselves heard, interrupting the live broadcast from the balcony of the Auditorium Theatre.
Their target?
Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.
During the segment the discussion was abruptly cut off by a protester shouting about the war in Gaza.
The left protesting against the left.
You love to see it.
Especially during DNC week.
Doesn’t seem like there’s too much unison in their party.
Anti-Israel protesters interrupt Nancy Pelosi’s ‘Late Show’ interview with Stephen Colbert outside DNC https://t.co/1uH2XnPiMY pic.twitter.com/q1QB4o5Jx1
— New York Post (@nypost) August 21, 2024
Yahoo reports:
Protesters interrupted a live broadcast of CBS’ “The Late Late Show With Stephen Colbert” on Tuesday night, shouting loudly from the balcony of the Auditorium Theatre several times during two segments with former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.
Pelosi was there to discuss the Democratic National Convention and also her new book, “The Art of Power.” Several minutes into Colbert’s segment with Pelosi, a protester began shouting from above regarding the war in Gaza.
Colbert addressed the person and the audience stating, “For the people who can’t tell, there’s a protest going on in the audience.”
The host then swiftly threw it to a commercial, while stating that he had planned to ask Pelosi about the protests and concerns regarding the Middle East. “The subject is on Israel and Palestine and if you have a seat, we have to go to the commercial break,” Colbert said. “When we come back, I’ll ask the next question I had on that subject.”
Colbert’s conversation with Pelosi began with a discussion about her involvement in President Joe Biden’s decision to step down from the 2024 Presidential race. Pelosi balked at the idea of being labeled the “architect” of that choice, and even at first said she hadn’t called Biden at all. The second night of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” live at Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre, right after the Democratic National Convention, was unexpectedly interrupted.
During the end portion of this response, an audience member began shouting, repeating her words, “And war has no role in a civilized society,” followed by several other audience members also shouting, to which Colbert responded, “As you can see from the continuing protest out here, that answer is unsatisfying to some people. Would you like to respond to what they’re saying?”
Colbert then turned to the protester and asked if they would like a response to their question asking if they would “listen” Pelosi’s response. Switching back to Pelosi, he then directed the question to her, “They have said that the United States should not have any role in supplying Israel arms to kill people of Gaza. That’s what they are saying.”
ADVERTISEMENT“Israel has a right to defend itself,” Pelosi said.
Here’s where they cut off Pelosi:
After ad break on the live show, Stephen Colbert empowered the protesters shouting at Nancy Pelosi: “As you can see from the continuing protest out here, that answer is unsatisfying to some people…Would you like to respond to what they’re saying?” @colbertlateshow #Colbert pic.twitter.com/9A9gf8aHnu
— Brent Baker 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@BrentHBaker) August 21, 2024
This gives us a different angle of the event.
Breaking 🚨Pro-Palestine Protesters Interrupt Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ Interview With Nancy Pelosi
— 1776 (@TheWakeninq) August 21, 2024
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