CBS late night host Stephen Colbert on Thursday expressed condolences for the end of Biden’s presidency, noting that this was his final episode of “The Late Show” under Biden’s presidency.

Calling it “the end of an era,” Colbert also joked that he might not be in office again during President-elect Donald Trump’s second term, which begins Monday, January 20 .

“Yeah, good run. Good run, Joe. Thank you. Thank you for all your hard work. The next time you see me, Donald Trump will be president. And you probably won’t. Me,” the anti-Trump comedian told the audience.

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“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert lamented the end of Biden’s presidency during a Thursday night appearance on CBS.

The late-night host said in his opening monologue that the broadcast would be bittersweet considering Biden’s exit from the Oval Office.

“Tonight, it’s just a little, a little, a little sour, a little semi-sweet chocolate chips. It’s the end of an era because this is the last show of our Biden administration.”

The audience let out a disappointed sigh.

The host added that the show’s staff will be “taking this one day at a time” over the “next four years”.

Colbert’s show offered a firm anti-Trump pushback in the form of jokes about the incoming president’s political career.

one media research center At the height of Trump’s second presidential campaign, Colbert’s approval rating for the then-candidate was about 40 times higher than that of his presidential opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, the study found.

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Late-night hosts like Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel have been as lenient with President Biden in their material throughout his presidency, at least as they have been with Trump. This is compared to the common method. (Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via Getty Images; Screenshot/Voto Latino; 2022 Media Access Award presented to Easterseals/Getty Images)

Colbert didn’t exactly shield Biden from an attack or two. At one point, the moderator mocked him for using “twisting metaphors” in his speech. presidential farewell address Wednesday.

The show played a clip of the president saying: “Like America, the Statue of Liberty is not stationary. She marches, and she does move. She was built to rock back and forth to withstand stormy weather. Furious to stand the test of time, as the storm would always shake her a few inches, but she would never fall into the current below. “

When the camera returned to Colbert, he was wearing aviator sunglasses, giving off a Biden impression. “What I’m saying is, run! The Statue of Liberty is alive, everyone! Get out of there! No, no, it’s alive! I saw it in a documentary called Ghostbusters 2.” You have to use this Angry slime sprays inside. “

“Who are you going to call? Not me. Joe Biden, everybody get out of here!” Colbert said, finishing his sentence.

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Last March, before Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race in July, Colbert hosts a huge fundraiser for the president’s re-election campaign.