Stephen Colbert, the king of late-night punchlines, delivered the most gut-wrenching monologue in television history Tuesday night, choking back sobs as he clutched Virginia Giuffre’s explosive posthumous memoir and declared war on the elite enablers still hiding in plain sight.

The Late Show studio on Broadway fell into a hush usually reserved for funerals. No applause. No laughter. Just 2.4 million home viewers watching Colbert’s face crumple as he read Giuffre’s final line—“They’ll never take the truth”—then slammed the book on his desk so hard the thud echoed through the soundstage.

“This isn’t just a book,” Colbert told his shell-shocked audience, voice cracking. “It’s a suicide note to every powerful man who thought money could bury a scream. Virginia Giuffre killed herself because we kept laughing while they destroyed little girls. I’m done laughing.”

The 61-year-old host, known for roasting Trump and dancing with cartoon characters, then did something no one saw coming: he tore up his cue cards live on air, tossed them into the trash, and announced the rest of the week’s shows would be dedicated to Giuffre’s victims—zero guests, zero bits, just raw testimony from Epstein survivors flown in on CBS’s dime.

Backstage sources tell Page Six that Colbert locked himself in his office for six hours after Monday’s table read, devouring “Nobody’s Girl” in one sitting. Crew members heard him screaming through the door: “How the hell did we miss this?” One staffer claims he emerged red-eyed and ordered researchers to pull every unredacted Epstein file still sealed—promising to read names on air if lawyers try to stop him.

By Wednesday morning, #ColbertForVirginia was the No. 1 trend worldwide, with 8.7 million posts in 12 hours. Clips of his breakdown racked up 42 million views before CBS mysteriously pulled the full episode from Paramount+—only for it to resurface on X within minutes, courtesy of rogue employees who leaked it with the caption: “They can’t bury her twice.”

Hollywood is panicking. Insiders say A-list managers are frantically calling CBS execs, begging them to rein Colbert in before he starts naming actors who allegedly partied on Little St. James. One major agency reportedly threatened to pull all client appearances from the network if the host “goes full scorched earth.”

Even President Biden’s team reached out, according to White House logs obtained by RadarOnline, asking Colbert to “tone it down” before midterms—fearing the memoir’s renewed spotlight on Bill Clinton’s 26 flights with Epstein could tank Democrat turnout. Colbert’s reported response: “Tell Joe I’ll read the flight logs myself if he doesn’t release the rest.”

Meanwhile, Giuffre’s Australian brothers, Sky and Shane Roberts, were spotted landing at JFK Wednesday night—sources say Colbert personally paid for first-class tickets and put them up at the Mark Hotel. Rumor has it Thursday’s show will feature the siblings reading unpublished chapters their sister cut at the last minute, chapters allegedly containing GPS coordinates of still-unsearched Epstein properties in New Mexico.

Colbert’s wife Evelyn McGee-Colbert was seen leaving the Ed Sullivan Theater in tears, telling paparazzi: “He hasn’t slept since he finished the book. He keeps saying her voice is in his head now.”

Ratings are through the roof. Tuesday’s episode drew 6.8 million viewers—the highest for any late-night show since Johnny Carson’s 1992 finale. CBS stock jumped 4.7% overnight as advertisers scramble to buy spots on what insiders are calling “the most dangerous week in television.”

Ghislaine Maxwell, watching from her Tallahassee prison cell, reportedly smashed her TV when Colbert held up Giuffre’s infamous 2001 photo with Prince Andrew and said: “This man still walks free while she’s in the ground. That ends now.”

Prince Andrew’s team issued a frantic denial at 3 a.m. London time, claiming the Duke “has no plans to leave Royal Lodge” despite reports of removal vans spotted outside. Buckingham Palace sources whisper King Charles is “apoplectic,” allegedly yelling at aides: “First the book, now this bloody comedian!”

Netflix, Amazon, and Apple are already bidding for rights to Colbert’s upcoming survivor episodes—offers rumored north of $180 million. The host reportedly turned them all down, telling his agent: “This isn’t content. This is confession.”

As of press time, Colbert’s Instagram—usually filled with goofy selfies—features a single black square and Giuffre’s final words in white text: “They’ll never take the truth.” The post has 11 million likes and counting.

One thing is certain: late-night television just became a courtroom, Stephen Colbert is the prosecutor, and every powerful name Giuffre couldn’t bury in life is about to be dug up in primetime.

America isn’t laughing anymore.