Stephen Colbert gloats over Trump attack: 'I won!'

Some people might be a little bummed to be called a "no-talent guy" by the President of the United States.

But not when it's talk-show host Stephen Colbert dealing with an attack by President Trump.

Colbert was positively giddy on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Thursday night after Trump gave the insult — and more — during a Time magazine interview.

"The President of the United States has personally come after me and my show. And there's only one thing to say," said Colbert, happily clapping his hands together during the show's opening. "Yayyyyyyy!"

The crowd started yelling "Stephen, Stephen" as Colbert mouthed "I love you" to Trump through the TV camera.

"Mr. Trump. There's a lot you don't understand," Colbert added. "But I never thought one of those things would be show business. Don't you know, I've been trying for a year to get you to say my name. And you were very restrained, admirably restrained. But now you did it."

Then Colbert could only whisper as he pointed to himself: "I won!"

Colbert further capitalized on the public relations bonanza by tweeting about Trump before the show:

"Trump talked smack about me in TIME mag. If only I had a nightly show to respond on ... oh yeah, I do! Join us, won't you?" Colbert wrote on Twitter.

Colbert has leveled a series of blistering attacks on Trump during his show, including one so fierce and off-color it lead to the hashtag #FireColbert. The talk-show host has also  picked up a substantial ratings increase with his nightly skewering of the Trump presidency.

Trump finally slammed him back in the Time interview:

"You see a no-talent guy like Colbert. There’s nothing funny about what he says. And what he says is filthy. And you have kids watching. And it only builds up my base. It only helps me, people like him. The guy was dying. By the way they were going to take him off television, then he started attacking me and he started doing better. But his show was dying. I’ve done his show. … But when I did his show, which by the way was very highly rated. It was high—highest rating. The highest rating he’s ever had."

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