"The Colbert Report" ran into some trouble on late Thursday night as a storm of Twitter users took to the social media to accuse Stephen Colbert after it posted an offensive joke on its official Twitter account, the Wire reported.
Demanding that comedian Stephen Colbert cancel the show, the hashtag #CancelColbert was trended on Twitter.
"I am willing to show #Asian community I care by introducing the Ching-Chong Ding-Dong Foundation for Sensitivity to Orientals or Whatever," read the now-deleted tweet , sent by the show's account run by Comedy Central.
Meant to be part of a longer segment aired on last Wednesday's show, the joke was in reference to the newest charity effort by Washington's Redskins owner Dan Snyder. The segment was an attempt to defuse now-perpetual criticism of the team's racist name.
"It does not read very well out of context, which is probably why it was deleted and the network then clarified the source of the joke about Asian stereotypes," the Wire reported.
With many believing that Colbert had tweeted the offensive joke, most of the backlash was directed at the host.
Suey Park, a freelance writer and online activist, demanded the show be cancelled after reading the tweet, according to UK MailOnline.
"The Ching-Chong Ding-Dong Foundation for Sensitivity to Orientals has decide to call for #CancelColbert. Trend it," she tweeted.
Others were quick to respond to Park's request, with hundreds of other users accusing Colbert of being racist and oppressive.
However, Colbert was quick to follow the controversy with an explanation on his personal Twitter account, UK MailOnline reported.
"#CancelColbert - I agree! Just saw @ColbertReport tweet. I share your rage. Who is that, though? I'm @StephenAtHome"
After the offensive tweet was deleted, the Comedy Central account posted a disclaimer, "For the record @ColbertReport is not controlled by Stephen Colbert or his show. He is @StephenAtHome Sorry for the confusion #CancelColbert."
