Stephen Colbert hits out at Pitchfork following Daft Punk cancellation

After the story emerged that Daft Punk were prevented by MTV and their contractual exclusivity terms from appearing on The Colbert Report, suggestions had been made that it was all a hoax from the beginning. Colbert has now struck back with his own retort.

With Colbert ripping into MTV and Viacom president Van Toffler and, in place of Daft Punk themselves, running a star-studded montage set to the French duo’s ‘Get Lucky’, all seemed to have been wrapped up. But the likes of Pitchfork had reported that Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo – who will be performing at the network’s VMA Awards ceremony on 25 August – were unlikely to have joined Colbert in the studio the whole time.

The show’s host, Stephen Colbert hit back at the online indie bible on last night’s episode of the show, quoted as saying:

“Well I’ve got one thing to say to Pitchfork: Busted! Ya got me! They’re good. These guys are good. We thought we’d tricked you by flying in the disco decepticons from Paris in a sophisticated pantomine to fool everyone, even myself, so committed was I that Daft Punk was coming, all just to help someone else’s show on another network a month from now. But we can’t put one past you, Pitchfork. Oh, what a load off, the guilt was killing me. And now that I’ve come clean, I can just do what I love… promote the VMAs.”

Daft Punk are expected grace the Barclays Center stage for the VMA’s alongside event veteran Kanye West. This year’s performance, his seventh, will see him tied with Madonna for the most performances in the awards show’s history.