Canceled Late Show host Stephen Colbert (remember him?) fled an event at Harvard after someone triggered a fire alarm while liberal union protesters shouted outside over his decision to defy their picket line and give a talk at the school.
\n\nCellist Yo-Yo Ma also took the stage with Colbert on Thursday so too defying pleas from the Harvard Graduate Student Union (HGSU) urging them to cancel and stand down in solidarity, the NY Post reports.
\n\nThe pair were participating in a discussion, “Arts for Life’s Sake,” before a capacity crowd at Harvard University’s Sanders Theatre when striking graduate students outside launched a chorus of shouted abuse with air horns blowing and drums banging thus making it difficult to hear the speakers, especially the soft-spoken Ma.
\n\nForty-minutes into their discussion a triggered fire alarm forced organizers to pull the plug during the question and answer portion and escort Colbert plus Ma out of the venue.
\n\nThe 90-minute scheduled show did not resume.
\n\nThe union members denied responsibility for pulling the alarm saying they had absolutely no idea how that might have happened.
\n\nThe union was hoping Colbert — who stood with protesters during the Writers Guild strike in 2023 and co-founded…
Original source: https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/
