US talk show host Stephen Colbert finally addresses furious backlash at his ... trends now
US talk show host Stephen Colbert has finally addressed the furious backlash at his jokes about the Princess of Wales, addressing viewers after her cancer diagnosis.
The 59-year-old comedian told his audience on The Late Show on CBS last night that he does 'not make light of somebody else's tragedy' - but did not apologise to Kate.
Colbert accepted that his jokes had 'upset some people', adding that he was aware 'any cancer diagnosis of any kind is harrowing for the patient and for their family'.
The presenter also said that he and everyone on the programme 'would like to extend our well wishes and heartfelt hope that her recovery is swift and thorough'.
Kate revealed she was undergoing preventative chemotherapy in a video released last Friday
Stephen Colbert spoke about his Kate jokes during The Late Show on CBS last night
In a monologue on last night's show, he began by saying: 'You know, folks, I don't know if you have noticed, but we do a lot of shows and I tell a lot of jokes, and I tell jokes about a lot of different things, mostly what everybody's talking about.
'And for the last six weeks to two months, everybody has been talking about the mystery of Kate Middleton's disappearance from the public life.
'We did some jokes about that mystery and