--- title: Stephen Colbert on Anderson Cooper on Trump Twitter VIDEO description: Stephen Colbert was clearly surprised when Anderson Cooper revealed he has President Donald Trump muted on Twitter. canonical: https://time.com/4693347/stephen-colbert-anderson-cooper-trump-twitter/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-07T15:59:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:40.876Z og:title: Watch Colbert Discsuss Anderson Cooper's Trump Tweet-Free Diet og:description: "I just don't want to have that drama in my life" og:url: https://time.com/4693347/stephen-colbert-anderson-cooper-trump-twitter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Colbert Discsuss Anderson Cooper's Trump Tweet-Free Diet twitter:description: "I just don't want to have that drama in my life" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Stephen Colbert Taunt Anderson Cooper for His Trump Twitter Stance  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 7, 2017 3:59 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 7, 2017 3:59 PM UTC [Stephen Colbert](http://time.com/4690004/colbert-on-sessions-russia/) was clearly surprised when [Anderson Cooper](http://time.com/4367896/anderson-cooper-orlando-shooting-tribute/) revealed he has [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4693224/trump-inauguration-size-official-photos/) muted on Twitter during a Monday appearance on _The Late Show_. After Cooper explained why he still follows POTUS but doesn’t read any of his tweets, Colbert immediately began teasing the CNN anchor. “Then the tweets can get backed up and you get an infection,” he joked. “I just want to point out that you are a real newsman, I watch you every night, I enjoy your work, I believe you report the news in a very fair way and accurately…And you just said that you mute the president of the United States.” Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4693347/stephen-colbert-anderson-cooper-trump-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4693347/stephen-colbert-anderson-cooper-trump-twitter/"},"headline":"Watch Stephen Colbert Taunt Anderson Cooper for His Trump Twitter Stance","datePublished":"2017-03-07T15:59:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:40.876Z","description":"\"I just don't want to have that drama in my life\"","url":"https://time.com/4693347/stephen-colbert-anderson-cooper-trump-twitter/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","stephen colbert","TV","Donald Trump","anderson cooper","the late show","Late Night Television","the late show wih stephen colbert"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4693347/stephen-colbert-anderson-cooper-trump-twitter/","name":"Watch Stephen Colbert Taunt Anderson Cooper for His Trump Twitter Stance"}}]}] ```