Colbert Briefly Addresses Paris Attack With a Heavy Sigh at End of Show

Stephen Colbert closed his Friday night show with brief remarks about the Paris terrorist attacks. In a show full of light-hearted silliness (he had a giant furry hat face-off with Monty Python’s John Cleese), Colbert ended things on a very somber note.

A BuzzFeed editor in the audience tweeted that Colbert informed the audience of what happened in the middle of the taping:

Stephen Colbert paused in the middle of taping TLS to tell us what happened in Paris. So surreal to get such horrific news in that setting.

— erin chack (@ErinChack) November 14, 2015

Colbert gave the audience an update on everything that happened and the response from France and the United States.

He said the thoughts and prayers of everyone at the show are with the people of Paris. Colbert took a moment, sighed, and said, “Good night.”

Watch above, via CBS.

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