Fake news stories really are everywhere… and this post involving Jason Aldean and Stephen Colbert is one of the latest examples. I’m sure you are well aware of people and accounts out there online that only exist to deceive others. Well, I at least hope that you are. Because it’s a real problem in 2026, and it’s only getting worse thanks to the misinformation supplement known as AI. Gone are the days where you could just trust what you see. Now, you have to fact check and cross reference just about everything you come across. Though I’d say most people are able to recognize “fake news,” there are a concerning amount of others that tend to fall hook, line and sinker for fabricated news stories. Most of them are brought together with a simple graphic or AI-generated image. Then you’ve also got those narrated videos that sometimes accompany the post, and for some reason, if someone is talking over a picture slideshow, people take it as gospel. I can’t even begin to tell you how many I’ve come across as I’ve surfed the web… it’s truly concerning. The only thing more troubling to think about are the thousands of people that are watching and consuming these stories and believing them. With social media being the main source of news for a large amount of the population, these fabricated stories are being churned out with reckless abandon, and they’re actually gaining traction online. One of the latest is this fake story involving country music star Jason Aldean and late night host Stephen Colbert. Granted, both men have been in headlines in recent years for voicing their opinions about their respective sides of the political aisle. Maybe that’s why this fake news source decided to pit them against one another, and run with this story that Aldean walked off Colbert’s show. The first giveaway that this isn’t true? The show Colbert hosts is called “The Late Show,” and not “Late Night.” Right off the bat, there’s something wrong. But some kept reading and became triggered by this: “Jason Aldean walked off the set of Late Night with Stephen Colbert before playing a single note after the ‘comedian’ tried to humiliate him in front of the audience. ‘Colbert was introducing him,’ said Aldean’s manager, Ben Jarroo, ‘Then he made a crass, unnecessary statement about ‘forgiving him’ for supporting President Trump. Jason wasn’t having it.’ When Colbert said his name and motioned for the curtain, there was nobody there. Aldean and his band had walked off, and they won’t be coming back.” Jason Aldean walked off the set of Late Night with Stephen Colbert before playing a single note after the "comedian" tried to humiliate him in front of the audience. "Colbert was introducing him," said Aldean's manager, Ben Jarroo, "Then he made a crass, unnecessary statement… pic.twitter.com/W4YezKlVHz — Myrna