Stephen Colbert isn't going to quit his show because of online backlash over an allegedly racist tweet.
Colbert took to his Comedy Central show to explain he is not a racist, but is allowed to speak his mind on his official Twitter account.
According to CBS News, the tweet in question, which has since been deleted, read: "I am willing to show #Asian community I care by introducing the Ching-Chong Ding-Dong Foundation for Sensitivity to Orientals or Whatever."
Colbert's post had to do with a joke made on his show and was taken context when a link to the segment wasn't added, but it caused the hashtag #CancelColbert to become a worldwide trending topic.
"The interwebs tried to swallow me whole," Colbert said during his Comedy Central show. "But I am proud to say that I got lodged in its throat and it hacked me back up like a hastily chewed chicken wing!"
After a few more jokes, Colbert dove right into a serious matter by asking his fans to stop going after the person who started the #CancelColbert trend.
"If anyone is doing that for me, I want you to stop right now," he said. "She's just speaking her mind. That's what Twitter's for, as well as ruining the ending of every show I haven't watched yet."
The Comedy Central show host went to defend himself against the accusations claiming he is a racist.
"Now, the #CancelColbert people think that even in context, I'm a racist," Colbert explained. "I just want to say that I'm not a racist. I don't even see race. Not even my own. People tell me I'm white and I believe them because I just devoted six minutes to explaining how I'm not a racist!"
Colbert went on to jokingly say he wasn't ever going to take "himself for granted" again because he almost "lost himself" over a tweet. You can watch Colbert's comments on "The Colbert Report" in the video below.
