Stephen Colbert’s Hilarious ‘Government Reboot’ Quip Has Viewers Saying, ‘He’s Not Wrong.’QT

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“If that doesn’t work, maybe toss it in a bag of rice,” the “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert said a day after the U.S. government shut down.

Oct. 2, 2025

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Government Reboot

The U.S. government shut down for the first time since 2018 on Wednesday.

Stephen Colbert said he didn’t call this one, “but, evidently, ‘The Late Show’ has outlasted the United States federal government, because we’re still open, and they done shut down.”