Seth Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel and Late Night
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Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, Seth Meyers, and Jimmy Fallon weighed in on Kimmel's suspension, making jokes about Trump while they were at it.
"I've always believed he was a visionary, an innovator, a great president, an even better golfer, and if you've ever seen me say anything negative about him, that's just AI," Meyers sarcastically quipped.
Seth Meyers doesn't typically get derailed by hiccups during his monologue. But on Wednesday night, the NBC host got fully distracted by a mysterious crash on his set. The good news is, the interruption didn't actually come during his monologue.
President Donald Trump may want Seth Meyers off the air too, but the host of NBC’s “Late Night” issued a defiant message as controversy continued to swirl around ABC’s suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s show. Meyers on Thursday began with some deadpan, faux praise for the president:
The president had repeatedly attacked late-night hosts who are critical of his administration and cheered the cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show” by CBS.
A swath of late night TV hosts, both past and present, have shared their reactions to Jimmy Kimmel's suspension. ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air
Below, how Michael Kosta of The Daily Show, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel, and Stephen Colbert discussed Kirk’s death as well as the response on both sides of the aisle. Michael Kosta, who hosted the September 11 episode of The Daily Show,
The president called Meyers an "insecure child" and claimed his show had "no ratings" in a late-night rant on social media.
Brendan Carr has become the personification of the president’s crusade against the mainstream media, and he’s just getting started.