Stephen Colbert tells his audience about who was not allowed on his show: "That's Texas state representative James Talarico. He was supposed to be here, but we were told in no uncertain terms by our network's lawyers, who called us directly, that we could not have him on the broadcast. Then, I was told, in some uncertain terms, that not only could I not have him on, I could not mention me not having him on. And because my network clearly does not want us to talk about this ... Let's talk about this."

The crowd is LOVING James Talarico on Stephen Colbert[image or embed]

-- Team Talarico (@teamtalaricohq.bsky.social) Feb 17, 2026 at 2:40 AM