Day two of hosting “ The Late Show With Stephen Colbert ” live at Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre, right after the Democratic National Convention, was unexpectedly interrupted. The night’s first guest, Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi , was interrupted during her on-air conversation with Colbert recapping the previous activities from the DNC. Balking at the label of “architect” to President Joe Biden’s decision to step down from the 2024 Presidential Campaign, things took a turn only a few minutes into their discussion.
While discussing her new book “The Art of Power,” a protester started shouting from the audience. Colbert addressed the person and the audience stating, “For the people who can’t tell, there’s a protest going on in the audience.” The host then swiftly threw it to a commercial while stating that he would return, “The subject is on Israel and Palestine and if you have a seat, we have to go to the commercial break.
When we come back, I’ll ask the next question I had on that subject.” When they returned Colbert finished a question from his earlier interview with Pelosi but then quickly switched gears. “Let’s talk about another aspect of power,” he said pivoting back to the question from the protestors.
“The US using its power overseas, as I said earlier. There is a political protester here. There is a political invention in town, you are politician and protests are natural.
People are protesting, even within the Democra.