Stephen Colbert recalls his "terrible" first six months on The Late Show, says he's fine with Jay Leno's recent comments

Variety

“It was a different time when (Leno) was hosting. Now there’s one subject, so people can see your politics more, but I’m fine with that,” Colbert said at Paleyfest Saturday night, speaking at a large crowed at the Dolby Theatre, in response to Leno's recent comments about the current state of late-night. “I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with saying what this person is doing to families and the nation is horrible.” Speaking with Pete Holmes, Colbert also recalled his rough first months on CBS' Late Show.  “Those first six months felt terrible because you’re having to reinvent a new way to do the show, I had never my entire life done anything as myself, I had always done something in character, I was an actor," he said. "It was the first time I had to be me, I didn’t know if I could do that, so I had to learn to do something I’d never done before with a camera in front of me, on live television, in front of a massive audience.”