--- title: Stephen Colbert Tackles Trump's Response to Matt Lauer description: Stephen Colbert does not think President Trump has the right to comment on the accusations against Matt Lauer canonical: https://time.com/5042879/stephen-colbert-on-trump-matt-lauer/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-11-30T16:07:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:58.683Z og:title: Stephen Colbert Silences Trump on Matt Lauer og:description: Colbert doesn't think Trump has the right to comment on Matt Lauer accusations og:url: https://time.com/5042879/stephen-colbert-on-trump-matt-lauer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt69adf485fd671ccc/6988f32886f68e98606e766e/colbert2.jpg?branch=production&width=1092&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1092 og:image:height: 614 og:image:alt: Colbert og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Stephen Colbert Silences Trump on Matt Lauer twitter:description: Colbert doesn't think Trump has the right to comment on Matt Lauer accusations twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt69adf485fd671ccc/6988f32886f68e98606e766e/colbert2.jpg?branch=production&width=1092&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Stephen Colbert Takes Down Trump's Tweet About Matt Lauer: 'You Don’t Get to Comment' > Sponsored content. 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There is no cost and no subscription requirement. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-network-2026q3/newsletters?i=18953834-6739-43f2-afca-92fb81f84db8&cr=time-nl-network-2026q3-v1) by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Nov 30, 2017 4:07 PM UTC  by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Nov 30, 2017 4:07 PM UTC Stephen Colbert a.k.a. “one of the few men still allowed on television,” kicked off Wednesday night’s episode of _The Late Show_ by detailing [the allegations against Matt Lauer](http://time.com/5040635/savannah-guthrie-hoda-kotb-matt-lauer-statement-transcript/?iid=sr-link9), who was fired from [_The Today Show_ ](http://time.com/5040649/matt-lauer-has-always-had-problems-with-women-on-the-today-show/?iid=sr-link8)on Wednesday over charges of sexual misconduct. “[Lauer](http://time.com/5041844/matt-lauer-sexual-harassment-sketch-today-show/?iid=sr-link3) once gave a colleague a sex toy as a present,” [Colbert](http://time.com/5025161/stephen-colbert-brands-roy-moore-the-mall-rat-candidate-over-claims-he-was-banned-for-trying-to-pickup-teens/?iid=sr-link1) said about [the accusations](http://time.com/5041360/matt-lauer-sochi-olympics/?iid=sr-link5) against Lauer. “It included an explicit note about how he wanted to use it on her. It’s bad enough he gave her a sex toy — but he also gave instructions? He found a way to mansplain sexual harassment. ‘You’re doing that wrong, let me get in there.’” Colbert, of course, wasn’t the only person to comment on [Lauer’s dismissal](http://time.com/5042734/matt-lauer-sexual-misconduct-statement/?iid=sr-link1). [President Trump tweeted](http://time.com/5040613/donald-trump-matt-lauer-twitter/?iid=sr-link10) out a note calling for top executives at NBC and Comcast to be fired as well for “fake news”. Colbert, though, didn’t feel like the President had a right to comment, as [he has been accused of sexual harassment and assault](http://time.com/4530242/donald-trump-sexual-allegations/?iid=sr-link1) by multiple women. “Listen up, you don’t get to comment,” Colbert said. “That is the pot calling the kettle at 3 a.m. and asking what she’s wearing.” Watch below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5042879/stephen-colbert-on-trump-matt-lauer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5042879/stephen-colbert-on-trump-matt-lauer/"},"headline":"Stephen Colbert Takes Down Trump's Tweet About Matt Lauer: 'You Don’t Get to Comment'","datePublished":"2017-11-30T16:07:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:48:58.683Z","description":"Colbert doesn't think Trump has the right to comment on Matt Lauer accusations","url":"https://time.com/5042879/stephen-colbert-on-trump-matt-lauer/","keywords":["Newsfeed","matt lauer","stephen colbert","Late Night Television","late show with stephen colbert"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt69adf485fd671ccc/6988f32886f68e98606e766e/colbert2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt69adf485fd671ccc/6988f32886f68e98606e766e/colbert2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Colbert","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/5042879/stephen-colbert-on-trump-matt-lauer/","name":"Stephen Colbert Takes Down Trump's Tweet About Matt Lauer: 'You Don’t Get to Comment'"}}]}] ```