Stephen Colbert wearing a Black Lives Matter bracelet
Yeah,
that really happened. Just days after
Late Show host Stephen Colbert wore a Black Lives Matter bracelet on air, Fox News devoted an entire segment to putting him on blast about it.
TUCKER CARLSON: So it's possible [Colbert] is so rich, famous, a celebrity guy, so totally out of touch he doesn't fully understand what that represents. But here is my concern, obviously Stephen Colbert is a talented character, but there is also a strain of self-righteousness in his comedy. I don't think it—I mean, do you really want to get into this your first week on air, diving face first into the most divisive social movement in America?
This is our America: Where wearing a bracelet stating that the lives of black people matter is a controversial talking point. We're learning that 2015 is not nearly as different from 1955 as we all thought.
See the hand-wringing Fox News segment below.