Protesters Disrupt Stephen Colbert’s Interview With Nancy Pelosi During Live ‘Late Show’ Broadcast
deadline.comA live episode of CBS’ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert from Chicago on Tuesday night was interrupted as protests spilled into the Auditorium Theatre.
Colbert was interviewing former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi when outbursts were heard from the audience, leading the host at one point to admonish, “Please don’t interrupt my guests.” (See video below.) As Pelosi was talking about her new book, The Art of Power, a woman could be heard shouting from the audience.
Colbert explained, “For the people at home who can’t tell, there’s a protest going on in the audience right now. Hold on young lady, I can hear you.
We’re actually at a commercial break but the subject is on Israel and Palestine, and if you’ll have a seat, we have to go to a commercial break and when we come back I will ask the next question I had on that subject, if you will listen.” After the break, Colbert asked Pelosi about “the proper use of American power” overseas. “If the goal is the peaceful and prosperous future for both Israel and Palestinians, what role does the United States play?” Pelosi responded with a quote from John F Kennedy, “‘To the countries of the world, ask not what America can do for you, but what we can do working together for the freedom of mankind’ and that is our mission,” she said. “Yes, we’ve had a commitment to Israel, that’s been in our security interest to do so.
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