Stephen Colbert Issues Rare Correction to Jonah Goldberg For Calling Him a ‘Trump Ally’

On Wednesday night, Stephen Colbert issued a rare correction to National Review senior editor Jonah Goldberg for referring him as one of President Donald Trump‘s “allies.”

During Tuesday night’s monologue, Colbert mocked the comical exchange between Goldberg and Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and while doing so portrayed Goldberg as a supporter of the president when in reality vehemently opposed his candidacy during the 2016 election and remains as one of Trump’s most vocal non-liberal critics.

So Colbert took a moment the following evening to walk back his remarks.

“On last night’s show, I described this guy right here, conservative columnist Jonah Goldberg, as one of Trump’s allies and added that he looked like a guy at a magic convention inviting you back to his hotel room,” Colbert began. “Goldberg got mad about one of those two things. Because he is not actually a Trump ally. He is, in fact, a very staunch Never Trumper. He’s been very public about it, and we here at The Late Show regret many things.

“And I want to extend a portion of that regret to Jonah Goldberg and Jonah Goldberg’s family because to many Americans, the label “Trump ally” is a hurtful slur,” Colbert joked. “I’m surprised CBS even allows me to say that on air. It’s the sort of divisive hate speech that we are trying to get rid of in our national discourse, like “Cuck” and ‘Papa John.’ So, Mr. Goldberg, please accept this bouquet of regrets, and I’ll see you at the magic convention.”

Watch the clip above, via CBS.