Stephen Colbert responds to calls to fire him for that Trump-Putin joke

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Stephen Colbert responds to calls to fire him for that Trump-Putin joke
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Stephen Colbert's oral ***-themed joke (http://mashable.com/2017/05/02/stephen-colbert-100-day-trump-mo**logue/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) about Trump and Putin prompted alt-righters and conservatives to call for his dismissal (http://mashable.com/2017/05/03/fire-stephen-colbert-dumb/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), arguing that it was homophobic. But guess what? He's **t even bothered.

On Wednesday's show, the late night host ack**wledged the furore he caused on Monday when he said Trump's mouth was only good for being Vladimir Putin's "c**k holster."*

"Welcome to The Late Show. I'm your host, Stephen Colbert. Still? I am still the host? I'm still the host!" he said, according to a transcript provided to CNN (http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/03/media/stephen-colbert-response-backlash-late-show/index.html). "**w, if you saw my mo**logue Monday, you k**w that I was a little upset at Donald Trump for insulting a friend of mine." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/03/stephen-colbert-responds-trump-putin-joke/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)

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