Reddit user at Wednesday Colbert taping says Kimmel news came right near the end of taping

[eShirl]

https://www.reddit.com/r/LateShow/comments/1njyt8a/at_the_taping_today_left_sad/

At the Taping Today (Left Sad)

I got to go to the taping today for the show today. When I tell you, I don’t know the last time I felt my heart sank as much as it did near the end of the taping. We were at the end of the taping when it got announced that Jimmy Kimmel Live was suspended indefinitely. Stephen was the one to drop the news to us. I left the theatre thinking about how tragic it was to see the taping end that way. Stephen truly is as nice as a boss can get. He was messing around with everyone and his staff members between takes and smiling and getting into the music like any person would be nice to go out for a coffee with would. I am never going to forget the moment that I watched him react to the headline about Kimmel. He was handed a phone by one of the staff members and paused for a second, propped his legs up on his desk like he was about to tell a joke. Then, he lifted his hand to his mouth like he couldn’t believe something, and I knew that something was wrong. Nothing could have prepared me for the announcement about Kimmel. We all were shocked and frightened. It was like all Stephen’s happiness during that taping disappeared. We even had to pause the taping for like five minutes so Stephen could figure out what was going on and call Kimmel. Even the band looked worried. He came back and said he couldn’t figure out what was happening, did the closing goodbye clip, and left the stage IMMEDIATELY and didn’t come back. It was so fun before then, and I just left the theatre sad. It truly was terrifying being in the room when that happened. Free speech is going away and I watched a man react to one of his best friend’s lose almost everything he worked for. It was heartbreaking. Best wishes to Kimmel, Guillermo and his team. This is so rough and we’re all shook.

[Coventina]

1. Thanks for posting.

I look forward to seeing the Colbert show he does on Thursday!

I hope he really lets loose.

It might bring a premature end to the already-canceled show, but it reveals these monsters for who they are.

[Joinfortmill]

2. If you can, boycott these Networks...It's surreal and goddamn scary. What f*cking greedy, cowardly bastards.

These large corporate environments of all types, not just the Networks, seem to be run mostly by men who have no soul.

[TommyT139]

3. Because the Supreme Court said corporations are "persons"

...and they can taint our governing processes with amounts of money that individual people could never afford, as their inhuman version of "free speech."

All that money can't buy a soul, but it sure makes some people lose theirs.

[mwooldri]

4. One thing we can do

Voice our concerns regarding Nexstar's purchase of Tegna.

[mdbl]

5. Voice your concerns to who? Brendan Carr

He's weirder than Dump. We no longer have leaders that listen to the will of the people.

[progressoid]

6. rec