Late night comedian Stephen Colbert expressed disappointment with Paramount after the CBS parent company settled a lawsuit brought by President Trump earlier this year, calling it harmful to the company's reputation.

"My reaction as a professional in show business is to go: That is the network’s decision," Colbert said during a recent interview with GQ Magazine.

Colbert, who hosts CBS's "The Late Show," said he can "understand why people" would see the settlement as a means of currying favor with the Trump administration because "Paramount’s own lawyers, said is completely without merit."

"And it is self-evident that........

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