CBS "Late Night" host Stephen Colbert reveals in an upcoming interview that he had to "throw out" all of his planned jokes on election night because he never believed Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE would win.

"As soon as I knew the outcome, I knew that I would have to throw out everything I had planned, because we had four possible outcomes," Colbert explained on CBS's "Face the Nation" to host John Dickerson.

"One is that we knew that Mrs. [Hillary] Clinton would win; we would not know; looked like Trump was going to win, but we wouldn't know 'til the morning," Colbert continued.

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"And then there was, he's gonna win and we know he's gonna win. And that was the one that we prepared nothing for on purpose."



The election was called for Trump by most news outlets at approximately 2:30 a.m. Nov. 9 after Wisconsin put him over the 270-vote Electoral College threshold.

Later in the Dickerson interview, Colbert also offered up reading recommendations to the president-elect.

"Well, the Constitution wouldn't hurt because I'm not sure if he's as familiar with it as, as, as one would hope — and it's a pretty good read. Pretty good read. It's well thought out," Colbert said.



"I actually don't know what he's lacking in information. I mean, if we're to believe his ghostwriter, he might want to read 'Art of the Deal' because he says didn't write a word of it."

The interview will air at 10:30 a.m. ET on Sunday.

The Colbert appearance marks the second time he has appeared on the Sunday morning affairs show since coming to CBS from Comedy Central.