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# Louis C. K. Went Off on Trump With Stephen Colbert: 'He's Just a Gross Crook'

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## 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.

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