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AP Photo Stephen Colbert: Donald Trump is a 'coward'

CBS "Late Show" host Stephen Colbert said Donald Trump is a "coward" who won't appear on his show.

Speaking to SiriusXM host Bill Carter, Colbert said he'd have Trump on tomorrow if he could.

"He's a coward," Colbert said. "I would ask him but it's clear, Donald Trump is a coward because he won't come on the show ... he's chicken."

Colbert then said he would put it "in his own language" and start clucking like a chicken, with Carter joking that would earn him a tweet from Trump.

"Oh, God. What would I give! What would I give! What an honor to have him talk about my sex tape. Or to have a sex tape. That would be so exciting. Can we get on that?" Colbert said, laughing.

Trump did appear on Colbert's show in September of 2015, and he called into the show in February of this year. Since then, he has not appeared on the program in any form.

Colbert also said he doesn't "understand the furor" over his competitor, "Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon's lighthearted interview with Trump where he mussed up his hair and did not ask particularly substantive questions.

"I think the host has this obligation – to be honest with their audience," Colbert said. "And you have to go with your honest instincts. My honest instinct is to ask at least one question of some kind of substance with your guest. Even if the person is there only to push something that is not substantive. Even like the First Lady – I had one question that I really wanted to ask….We had a lovely time together, and I just wanted to ask…does she have any sympathy for Melania Trump for being in a situation where you end up being called out for plagiarism. And that’s all I required for me to enjoy that interview and to feel that I had served my own curiosity there. But for me I have to do that with every person who represents a political idea. But that’s not every host’s responsibility. Every host’s responsibility is to be honest with themselves and with their audience about the kind of show that they do. So I fault no host who acts consistently and honestly. And I know what you’re talking about, but I didn’t actually see it. But I don’t entirely understand the furor about it."