😳 “‘Make It Stop!’: The View Hosts PLEAD With Trump to Stop Publicly Humiliating Stephen Colbert—Live TV Has NEVER Been This Awkward” đŸ“șđŸ’„

 

For months, the feud between Donald Trump and Stephen Colbert simmered under the surface.

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A few late-night jabs here, a Truth Social post there.

Standard stuff—until this week.

In a surprise phone-in during a cable broadcast, Trump went off-script in the most Trump way possible: targeting Colbert directly, mercilessly, and unapologetically.

And for once, it wasn’t Colbert behind the mic with the punchlines—it was Trump, delivering blow after blow while Colbert stood visibly stunned during a live segment.

What was supposed to be a light political roast segment turned into a full-on verbal ambush.

Trump called Colbert a “third-rate clown,” a “scripted puppet,” and—most damagingly—claimed the comedian once privately apologized for “mocking too hard” during a 2017 segment.

The alleged apology wasn’t confirmed, but the damage was done.

The clip went viral in under five minutes.

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Colbert, caught off guard, stammered a response, trying to laugh it off—but the internet wasn’t laughing.

The audience, usually roaring with delight at his Trump impressions, sat in awkward silence.

Twitter exploded with reactions ranging from “Did Trump just end Colbert on his own show?” to “That was hard to watch.

And nowhere was the fallout more surreal than on The View the following morning.

The panel—Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Ana Navarro—sat at the table, visibly rattled by what they’d seen.

They weren’t defending Trump.

Far from it.

But for once, their ire was drowned by something else: pure secondhand embarrassment.

“Look, I don’t care how much you dislike the man,” Whoopi began, adjusting her glasses.

“But Colbert didn’t deserve that—not like that, not live.”

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Joy chimed in, unusually subdued: “It stopped being funny and just felt…mean.”

What followed was a strange, rare moment in daytime TV history—an almost-united plea to Trump, from a group that has spent years blasting him, to simply…ease up.

“Say what you want in politics, but this felt personal,” Sunny Hostin added.

“And it wasn’t a fair fight.

Ana Navarro didn’t mince words: “When we’re telling you to stop, you’ve probably crossed the line.

The hosts weren’t defending Colbert’s politics—they were defending his dignity.

The clip of The View segment quickly made the rounds, with millions stunned to see the ultra-liberal panel pleading for Trump to dial it back.

The irony wasn’t lost on the public.

One viral tweet put it bluntly:

“When The View is begging Trump to stop, you know he went full supervillain.”

And just when the story seemed to settle, Trump doubled down.

That night, on Truth Social, he posted:

“Colbert can dish it out but can’t take it.

Maybe he should stick to rehearsed jokes and let the real men handle real talk.”

Colbert, for his part, returned to air the next evening with a slightly different tone.

Gone was the smug confidence.

In its place was a hesitant monologue, laced with sarcasm but missing its usual bite.

“I guess if I’m getting roasted by a former president, I’ve officially made it?” he said with a strained smile.

“Or maybe I’ve just hit rock bottom.

I’ll get back to you on that.”

The audience laughed—but it wasn’t the same.

Insiders at CBS say producers are scrambling to spin the fallout.

One anonymous exec admitted: “We expected a feud.

We didn’t expect…humiliation.”

Back at The View, Whoopi closed the segment with a line that felt part plea, part prophecy:

“We live in a time where everyone’s trying to ‘own’ the other side.

But maybe we should stop trying to win, and just try to survive the next broadcast.”

Viewers online took note: Was this the moment mainstream media finally blinked?

Whether Trump truly “destroyed” Colbert is still up for debate—but what’s undeniable is this:

He struck a nerve.

Hard.

And The View, of all shows, just proved it.