By Molly Claire Goddard
7:01am PDT, Jul 24, 2025
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Stephen Colbert gave a backhanded compliment to
Elon Musk.
After
The Wall Street Journal claimed
Donald Trump's name appears "multiple times" in the
Jeffrey Epstein files, the late-night host jokingly applauded the billionaire for previously alleging that the current president had ties to the late s** offender.
Keep reading to hear why Colbert gave the billionaire his flowers and made fun of him at the same time…MORE:
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During an
episode of
The Late Show — which was recently canceled, allegedly due to Paramount needing the approval of Donald Trump for their merger with Skydance —
Stephen Colbert facetiously thanked Elon Musk for ringing alarm bells over the Republican leader's alleged friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
"Elon knew it! He knew it! I always said. I always said that he's a good guy who's right about everything," the funnyman jokingly told his audience.
"I mean, everything. It is a great idea to name a baby 420 Kleep-Klorp 69," Colbert added, referencing the name of the Tesla founder's child
Æ A-Xii.
"And this is obviously the most beautiful shape for a car," the television star sarcastically emphasized while the screen flashed to an image of a Cybertruck.
"This new reporting is on top of what we learned last night when CNN, the K file released new never-before-published photos of Trump and Epstein," he continued. "Good job, I guess. But do we really need more evidence that these guys were best buds? Just in from CNN, shocker: Frog and Toad are friends."
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Following Elon Musk's public fallout with Donald Trump, the tech mogul went on a social media rant claiming the right-winger's name would be found in the Jeffrey Epstein files.
After Trump and his Department of Justice claimed the late financier did not have a "client list" of high-profile people and would not be looking into the matter any further, Musk called out the alleged hypocrisy.
"1. Admit nothing 2. Deny everything 3. Make counterclaims. But it won't work this time," the SpaceX founder penned in an update shared to X.
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Following the backlash from Republicans about Donald Trump's lack of transparency over the Jeffrey Epstein case, The Wall Street Journal released a report that the commander-in-chief learned in May that his name appeared in the files.
Attorney General Pam Bondi kept the documents under wraps instead of releasing them to the public, the report claims.
