‘Daddy’s Home!’ Stephen Colbert Dusts Off Conservative Alter-Ego to Skewer Kimmel Ouster

David Gilmour Sep 19th, 2025, 7:16 am

Stephen Colbert dusted off his old right-wing alter-ego on Thursday to satirize the ouster of ABC late-night rival Jimmy Kimmel , appointing his conservative persona as an “ombudsman” who would keep free of liberal bias.

After an opening monologue that skewered Kimmel’s suspension more pointedly as “blatant censorship” Colbert later revived a long-retired segment from his past show to platform his mockery.

“Ladies and gentlemen, we live in unsettling times with rising autocracy targeting America’s most vulnerable talk show hosts,” the host quipped, before introducing his “identical cousin and the former host of , Stephen Colbert.”

The character, with h

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