In sobs, family members of Stephen Colbert’s crew said they were expelled from the final show’s taping.
On Thursday night, the Late Show host said goodbye for the last time after leading the well-liked CBS program for more than ten years.
Colbert was accompanied by his devoted team in addition to the over seven million people who watched him.
However, the wife of a veteran crew member now stated that after she and her 12-year-old son were allegedly forced out, what should have been a happy departure turned unhappy.
According to Samantha Knox, crew members’ relatives were allegedly instructed to “get out” during the performance and told, “You’re not allowed here.”
Even her 12-year-old child, she said, was led out after the interaction and was left “shaking and in tears.”
To be clear, this was not Stephen. “Crew members were the backbone of that show, working endless hours to make sure the show you watched was perfect,” Knox remarked. “I know he would be furious if he had known.”
“F*** YOU, CBS,” she said in a single, direct sentence.
Knox, the founder of the charitable organization Itty Bitty City Kitties, stated that her husband, Hillary Knox, had spent the previous 17 years working on The Late Show and The Colbert Report.
In a post, Samantha Knox, the wife of 17-year veteran crew member Hillary Knox, said that staff members were instructed to “get out” of Stephen Colbert’s last recording.
After Stephen Colbert bid viewers farewell on Thursday, CBS quickly began airing advertisements for his replacement.
After the concert, Knox posted a screenshot of a text conversation she claimed to have had with a friend when she was “panic raging.”
Knox posted a screenshot of a text conversation she had with a friend while “panic raging” following the performance on Instagram, adding, “Security came and tried to throw my kid out.” I’m shocked that they are actually discarding family members. It’s unbelievable that this is taking place. Sawyer trembled. in tears. Twelve years old. WHO DOES THAT?”To have security come find us, kick us out, and make it clear that “you’re not allowed here,”” she continued. We didn’t occupy any chairs or room. To be there for our people, we hid against walls, behind desks, and in corners.
“If they left, there would be no show,” Knox wrote in an Instagram post, “but eventually they caved, and we were allowed to come back and stay, only to find out today, anyone who revolted, was terminated immediately after the show – no load out, no strike.” Knox said her husband objected right away and went to the producers, telling them that if the families were not allowed to stay, neither he nor the people working with him would stay either. Completed.
Hillary stated that at 4 p.m. on Saturday, he and a coworker received emails from Paramount corporate HR stating that it was their last day and that they were “disinvited” from the load-out procedure that would take place over the following two weeks.
He wrote, “Presumably because I dared to stand up for my family visiting and watching the last show.”
Knox stated that after the interaction, even her 12-year-old child was removed out and left “shaking and in tears.”
Byron Allen, who will take Colbert’s 11.30 p.m. slot, has promised to avoid discussing politics or current events in the framework of the show.
“To be very clear, Stephen Colbert has taken great care of us over the years in the face of COVID, strikes, and god knows what else.” “Nobody is ever going to forget that,” he said. “We’re the ones on the front f***ing lines, with our boots on the ground, and none of us deserve to be subjugated by these corporate PR hacks, and I’m not saying that everyone was.” And that should never be disregarded or forgotten.
Knox persisted in defending her husband and his colleagues, noting that they are the ones who perform the unseen job behind the scenes and that Colbert did not make the choice to exclude families off the set. “Family, both blood and show are his number one,” Knox said. Knox commented, “I hope this post finds him and he finds out what was done.”
Shortly after he publicly criticized new CBS owners Paramount for reaching a $16 million settlement with Donald Trump over a contentious 60 Minutes interview, it became known that Colbert’s program was being cancelled last year.
Colbert called the payment a “big fat bribe” and pointed out that it was paid at a time when CBS owner Paramount was attempting to combine with Skydance in a merger that needed approval from the Trump administration.
Network executives maintained that Colbert’s dismissal was solely a financial decision.
Colbert’s 11.30 p.m. slot will be filled by Byron Allen, who has promised to avoid discussing politics or current events in the framework of the show.
CBS and Paramount have been contacted by The Daily Mail for comment.
