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"That's right. We had the second worst ratings of all time," Colbert said. "In your face."

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00:00I swear I heard someone say at the Emmys that they were the highest rated ever.

00:05Stephen Colbert won't tolerate any fake news from President Donald Trump.

00:09He corrected the president's Emmy ratings tweet on the late show Wednesday night.

00:13This particular Colbert-Trump showdown kicked off when Colbert hosted the awards show on Sunday

00:18and joked about Trump's obsession with ratings.

00:21What really matters to Donald Trump is ratings.

00:24Trump dropped his Emmys thoughts on Twitter Tuesday and, no surprise, his post was all about the ratings.

00:29He tweeted,

00:30"...I was saddened to see how bad the ratings were on the Emmys last night. The worst ever.

00:35Smartest people of them all are the deplorables."

00:38Colbert set the record straight on Wednesday's late show and referenced Sean Spicer's controversial cameo,

00:43where the former press secretary claimed,

00:45"...this will be the largest audience to witness an Emmys, period."

00:49Colbert told his viewers of Trump's post,

00:51"...I do want to point out that every single part of that tweet was factually incorrect.

00:56First of all, the Emmys weren't on Monday night, as Trump's tweet suggested, but on Sunday night.

01:01Colbert joked,

01:02"...I checked the TV schedule and he must have been watching NCIS New Orleans."

01:06The late-night host then fact-checked Trump's claims that the 2017 Emmys were the worst rated.

01:11According to the Nielsen ratings, this year's Emmys had 11.4 million viewers,

01:16which is 100,000 more than the lowest rated Emmys of all time in 2016.

01:21"...That's right. We had the second worst ratings of all time in your face."

01:26The segment ended with Colbert and his audience chanting,

01:29"...we suck less."

01:30As for Spicer, the former press secretary addressed his Emmys appearance and the backlash it received

01:35on Thursday's Good Morning America.

01:37According to Spicer, Trump thought this of his cameo.

01:40"...He was very supportive. He thought I did a great job."

01:42For more on this story and the full clips from The Late Show and Spicer's GMA interview,

01:47check out THR.com.

01:48And be sure to let us know your thoughts in the comments.

01:51I'm Tiffany Taylor for The Hollywood Reporter News.