Daily Show alum Roy Wood Jr. predicts Stephen Colbert will ultimately create “bigger issue” for Donald Trump when he leaves CBS in 2026.

Speaking to Deadline from the Edinburgh TV Festival, the former Daily Show correspondent-turned-host of CNN’s Have I Got News for You said that once Colbert is “running rampant on YouTube like Don Lemon,” the White House will have a more powerful enemy on its hands.

“That will create a bigger issue for this administration in 2026 if he builds an audience,” he said, predicting a “very different landscape” in that case. If the Trump administration were “smart,” he added, “they would leave us alone and let us tell our jokes.”

Colbert’s Late Show was axed as CBS parent company Paramount was on the cusp of its $8 merger with Skydance, which needed approva

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