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That’s what was supposed to happen on Thursday night’s episode of _The Late Show_, but C.K. was a no-show and now comes word that his film has been [pulled by its distributor](http://deadline.com/2017/11/the-orchard-no-longer-moving-forward-with-release-of-louis-c-k-s-i-love-you-daddy-1202205610/). Colbert used his monologue to explain C.K.’s absence. “For those of you tuning in to see my interview with [Louis C.K.](http://time.com/5018598/companies-individuals-speaking-out-louis-ck/?xid=homepage) tonight, I have some bad news. Then I have some really bad news. Louis canceled his appearance here tonight because [The New York _Times_](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/arts/television/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct.html?smid=tw-share&%5Fr=0) broke this story today: [Five women are accusing Louis C.K.](http://time.com/5017766/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct-allegations/?xid=homepage) of sexual misconduct. When reached for comment, Jesus said, ‘La la la la la, I don’t want to hear about it, I was a big fan.’” Colbert then went on to allegations against [Alabama politician Roy Moore](http://time.com/5018572/roy-moore-donald-trump/?xid=homepage). The Republican senatorial candidate has been accused of initiating [sexual contact with teenage girls](http://time.com/5018333/roy-moore-fundraising-off-sexual-contact-teen/?xid=homepage) when he was in his early 30s. Colbert noted that one of Moore’s supporters attempted to defend Moore by citing a biblical precedent, noting that “[Mary was a teenager](http://time.com/5017940/roy-moore-sexual-contact-underage-jesus-defense-jim-ziegler/?xid=homepage)” when she met Joseph. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5018775/stephen-colbert-on-louis-c-k/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5018775/stephen-colbert-on-louis-c-k/"},"headline":"Here's How Stephen Colbert Explained Why Louis C.K. 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