--- title: Stephen Colbert Reacts to Omarosa Leaving the White House description: Stephen Colbert lamented the fact that Trump supposedly wasn't the one to fire former Apprentice contestant Omarosa from her job at the White House. canonical: https://time.com/5064204/stephen-colbert-trump-omarosa-fired/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-14T16:14:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:17.860Z og:title: Stephen Colbert Is 'Livid' Trump Let Omarosa Go Without Doing This One Thing og:description: The former Apprentice contestant was reportedly "dragged" from the White House og:url: https://time.com/5064204/stephen-colbert-trump-omarosa-fired/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4fbc7245acdecabc/6988f517bc6cfcce053e454d/screen-shot-2017-12-14-at-10-02-53-am.png?branch=production&width=1116&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1116 og:image:height: 628 og:image:alt: Stephen-Colbert-Trump-Omarosa og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Stephen Colbert Is 'Livid' Trump Let Omarosa Go Without Doing This One Thing twitter:description: The former Apprentice contestant was reportedly "dragged" from the White House twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4fbc7245acdecabc/6988f517bc6cfcce053e454d/screen-shot-2017-12-14-at-10-02-53-am.png?branch=production&width=1116&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Stephen Colbert Is Livid Trump Let Omarosa Go Without Doing This One Thing > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 14, 2017 4:14 PM UTC  CBS  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 14, 2017 4:14 PM UTC In the wake of reports that [Omarosa Manigault Newman](http://time.com/5062478/omarosa-manigault-newman-white-house-resignation/) had to be [physically removed](https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-aide-omarosa-manigault-newman-to-depart-in-january-1513183854?mod=e2twp) from the White House after meeting with [Chief of Staff John Kelly](http://time.com/5020743/donald-trump-john-kelly-tweets/) on Wednesday, [Stephen Colbert](http://time.com/5062544/tom-hanks-short-stories-stephen-colbert/) lamented the fact that President Donald Trump supposedly wasn’t the one to fire her. During Wednesday’s episode of _The Late Show_, Colbert discussed how press secretary Sarah Sanders’ statement that the former _Apprentice_ contestant — who acted as director of communications for the White House Office of Public Liaison — resigned [“to pursue other opportunities”](http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/13/politics/omarosa-manigault-newman-white-house/index.html) contradicts [reporter April Ryan’s description](https://twitter.com/AprilDRyan/status/940967236675817473) of the circumstances surrounding Manigault Newman’s termination. “Folks, I gotta say, I am livid about this,” Colbert said. “Not because Omarosa should be anywhere near the White House, she should not. But because Donald Trump let General Kelly do the firing. What the hell? Firing Omarosa is literally the only job Donald Trump is qualified for.” Manigault Newman has also denied reports that she was fired from her job in the White House and escorted off the premises. “I resigned, and I didn’t do that in the residences as is being reported,” [she said](http://time.com/5064054/omarosa-not-fired-white-house-resigned-protest/) during a Thursday appearance on _Good Morning America_. 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