“A now-deleted tweet from the account linked to his show The Colbert Report has comedian Stephen Colbert on the defensive, saying he wasn’t aware who wrote the post that aimed to mock Asian stereotypes and was reportedly taken out of context from a recent show

Stephen Colbert has built his career out of playing the overly offensive character we all know and love on The Colbert Report. But while most viewers realize his non-PC humor and even downright offensive gags are satire, his character’s nuance can get lost on Twitter. Case in point: a tweet from his Colbert Report account attempted to mock Asian stereotypes and, instead, caused real offense and spawned a #CancelColbert hashtag.”* Cenk Uygur, Ben Mankiewicz (What The Flick?!), Dave Rubin (Rubin Report) and Wes Clark Jr break it down on The Young Turks.

*Read more here from Megan Gibson / Time:
http://time.com/41453/stephen-colbert-report-tweet/