Angle down icon An icon within the form of an angle pointing down. Stephen Colbert mentioned he doesn’t joke about different folks’s tragedies. Scott Kowalchyk/CBS by way of Getty Pictures Late-night host Stephen Colbert wished Kate Middleton properly in her battle with most cancers Monday evening. Colbert’s remarks got here after he amplified unsubstantiated theories about Kate’s public absence. Colbert mentioned he made jokes about Kate’s absence as a result of “all people” was speaking about it. Stephen Colbert supplied his “properly needs” to Kate Middleton whereas she undergoes remedy for most cancers, two weeks after he lent credence to conspiracy theories about her public absence.Colbert, 59, responded to Kate’s most cancers prognosis on Monday evening’s episode of “The Late Present.” On March 12, the late-night TV present host bolstered hypothesis that Kate’s absence from the general public eye was associated to an unsubstantiated rumor that Prince William was having an affair with British noblewoman Sarah Rose Hanbury.Colbert’s jokes in regards to the affair rumors, which Hanbury denied to Enterprise Insider by way of her legal professionals, additional motivated social-media customers to debate them on X, previously Twitter.Colbert appeared somber whereas addressing his prior jokes on Monday evening. “I inform jokes about loads of various things, principally what all people is speaking about,” he mentioned, including that for the previous few months, folks have been discussing the “thriller of Kate Middleton’s disappearance from public life.”He acknowledged that the jokes “upset some folks” even earlier than Kate’s most cancers was made public. He added that he has made many jokes which have obtained comparable criticism previously, and he’ll possible make extra sooner or later. Nonetheless, Colbert mentioned, “I don’t make gentle of someone else’s tragedy.” “Any most cancers prognosis” is “harrowing for the affected person and for his or her household,” he added.”Although I am certain they do not want it from me, I and everybody right here on the Late Present want to prolong our properly needs and heartfelt hope that her restoration is swift and thorough,” he concluded. Colbert did not supply an apology throughout his remarks.ITV’s royal correspondent, Chris Ship, shared a clip of his feedback on X. (The footage had not been posted to the official YouTube channel of “The Late Present” as of Tuesday morning.)After Kate shared her most cancers prognosis on Friday, royal commentators together with TV presenter Piers Morgan and UK-based Atlantic employees author Helen Lewis criticized Colbert for the jokes, whereas some social-media customers urged him to apologize.Others mentioned an apology wasn’t mandatory. On X, one person praised the comic for a way he “dealt with” his response as a result of “joking about public figures and what’s taking place within the information is a part of being a late-night host.” Kensington Palace declined to remark. Representatives for Colbert didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.