--- title: Watch Louis CK on Donald Trump With Stephen Colbert VIDEO description: Louis CK had some harsh words for President Donald Trump when he stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert canonical: https://time.com/4726479/louis-c-k-on-trump/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-05T15:47:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:42:33.251Z og:title: Louis CK Shared Some Very Profane Thoughts on Trump og:description: You can't say that on television, Louis og:url: https://time.com/4726479/louis-c-k-on-trump/ 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: Louis CK Shared Some Very Profane Thoughts on Trump twitter:description: You can't say that on television, Louis twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Louis C. K. Went Off on Trump With Stephen Colbert: 'He's Just a Gross Crook' by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Apr 5, 2017 3:47 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Apr 5, 2017 3:47 PM UTC Louis CK had some harsh words for President Donald Trump when he stopped by _The Late Show with Stephen Colbert_. The comedian had made his feelings about Trump known last year when he sent his fan mailing list [an email calling](http://time.com/4248723/louis-ck-donald-trump-email-hitler-comparison/?iid=sr-link3) then-candidate Trump “an insane bigot” and even more bluntly, “Hitler”. However, [CK](http://time.com/4581520/louis-ck-conan-worst-career/?iid=sr-link2) said he regrets saying it. “I didn’t take it back, I [regret it](http://time.com/3825338/louis-ck-sarah-palin-mean-tweet-apology/?iid=sr-link5). There’s a difference,” he told Colbert, explaining: “I thought \[Trump\] was some new kind of evil, but he’s just a lying sack of \*bleep\*” CK expanded on his feelings, saying that the president is a “gross crook, dirty, rotten, lying, sack of bleep. That’s how I feel.” The comment was a hit with Colbert’s audience, as they erupted in cheers. CK claims it’s not a [political](http://time.com/4554664/louis-c-k-on-trump-hillary/?iid=sr-link4) position, though. “It’s just when you look at somebody and go that guy’s a lying sack of \* bleep \*” he explains. CK went on to joke he’s so convinced he can’t trust Trump that he can’t believe that “his name is Donald Trump.” Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4726479/louis-c-k-on-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4726479/louis-c-k-on-trump/"},"headline":"Louis C. K. Went Off on Trump With Stephen Colbert: 'He's Just a Gross Crook'","datePublished":"2017-04-05T15:47:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:42:33.251Z","description":"You can't say that on television, Louis","url":"https://time.com/4726479/louis-c-k-on-trump/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Donald Trump","Louis CK","Late Night Television","the late show with stephen colbert"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"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/4726479/louis-c-k-on-trump/","name":"Louis C. K. Went Off on Trump With Stephen Colbert: 'He's Just a Gross Crook'"}}]}] ```