--- title: Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert Both Clap Back at Trump description: Both Kimmel and Colbert had responses to Trump's critique of late night shows' "one-sided hatred" for the President. canonical: https://time.com/5551587/jimmy-kimmel-stephen-colbert-trump-shows/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-03-14T15:38:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:58:04.963Z og:title: Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert Both Clap Back at Trump og:description: Both Kimmel and Colbert had responses to Trump's complaint of "one-sided hatred" og:url: https://time.com/5551587/jimmy-kimmel-stephen-colbert-trump-shows/ 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: Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert Both Clap Back at Trump twitter:description: Both Kimmel and Colbert had responses to Trump's complaint of "one-sided hatred" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert Were Ready to Clap Back at Trump for Criticizing the 'One-Sided Hatred' of Late Night Shows  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 14, 2019 3:38 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 14, 2019 3:38 PM UTC Both [Jimmy Kimmel](http://time.com/5540130/jimmy-kimmel-michael-cohen/) and [Stephen Colbert](http://time.com/5545750/kit-harington-on-colbert/) took President Donald Trump’s latest criticisms of late-night TV shows personally, it seems, as both hosts addressed Trump’s comments during their own broadcasts on Wednesday night. In tweets sent out on Wednesday, Trump called late night shows “very boring” with “one-sided” comedy and “one-sided hatred” directed towards him, referencing a [Jay Leno](http://time.com/4730803/jay-leno-jimmy-fallon-share-monologue/) quote spun on _Fox and Friends_ in his comments and calling the shows “unwatchable.” > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1105789414565908480) Kimmel’s response? “What a snowflake.” He also explained what Leno was referring to in an earlier interview, comparing Leno’s time with late-night to the contemporary TV landscape. “I don’t want to talk about Donald Trump every night. None of us do,” Kimmel continued. Then he outlined the many things Trump had already done that day that were newsworthy, from the [Manafort](http://time.com/5550831/paul-manafort-sentencing-lobbying/) sentencing to his address of the [Melania](http://time.com/5550842/melania-trump-body-double-theory/) body-double conspiracy theory. “Am I not supposed to mention that?” Kimmel joked. “You stop being terrible, we’ll stop pointing it out.” Colbert had a slightly different take. “The comedy I do is not one-sided. I can make fun of the President from every angle,” he said, pointedly making good use of his many in-studio cameras. As to Trump’s tweeted assertion that he is “number one?” Colbert had a correction to make: “Actually we are number one, [_The Late Show_](http://time.com/5500336/kamala-harris-presidential-run-stephen-colbert/)_,”_ he said of his own show, which has been battling it out in the ratings. 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