Grammys host Trevor Noah made a mockery of CBS and its parent company Paramount during the network’s broadcast of the ceremony on Sunday.
The former “Daily Show” host — who used this year’s award show to bash Donald Trump’s Greenland takeover talk and his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, among others — evoked the president again to remind viewers that the broadcast was “completely live.”
“Because if we edited any of this show, the president would sue CBS for $16 billion,” quipped the comedian in reference to Paramount settling Trump’s lawsuit against “60 Minutes” over a 2024 episode with then-Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024.
The lawsuit, widely seen as frivolous by First Amendment advocates, alleged that CBS News had deceptively edited the interview with Harris to make the then-veep look good.
Paramount’s $16 million settlement notably arrived ahead of the company’s merger with Skydance, a move that required approval from the administration.
