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Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
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Seth Meyers Says Republicans Are Feeling ‘A Little Queasy' About Trump's Middle East ‘Corruption Tour'
It's not just Democrats who are upset about Donald Trump's tour of the Middle East after accepting a $400 million plan from Qatar. Seth Meyers dove into Republican and Independents' reactions to the trip in the latest installment of 'A Closer Look' on Thursday night's episode of 'Late Night.' 'Even Republicans are a little queasy about Trump's Middle East corruption tour,' Meyers said. 'I guess they're not thrilled that the three countries Trump visited this week just happen to be places where he's making — and I believe this is the technical term — fat stacks.' To back his point, Meyers pointed to an MSNBC report that highlighted National Review articles about the trip. The conservative publication called the trip 'A plane old grift' and said Washington, D.C.'s swamp is under 'new management.' 'How dare you,' Meyers countered. 'Donald Trump didn't pick Saudi Arabia as his first official trip because his family has billions of dollars in business there. He picked it because he's making the Hajj to Mecca. He's exploring different religions for a documentary series on Nat Geo called 'Are You There, God? It's Me Donald.'' The NBC late night host also joked about Trump's comments concerning Mohammed bin Salman, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. During a speech, Trump repeatedly praised the leader and said, 'Oh, what I'd do for the Crown Prince.' 'Woah dude, play it cool. It makes sense you're in the desert because you're thirsty as f–k,' Meyers said. The late night host then showed clips of how Trump used to talk about Saudi Arabia and the markedly more positive way he's been speaking about the Middle East since his trip. 'Is it just me or did Trump just confess? He just fully described a quid pro quo,' Meyers said. 'I don't think I've ever heard him talk about America that way. I don't even think I've heard him talk about his wife that way.' You can watch the full 'A Closer Look' segment in the video above. The post Seth Meyers Says Republicans Are Feeling 'A Little Queasy' About Trump's Middle East 'Corruption Tour' | Video appeared first on TheWrap.
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Seth Meyers Cracks Up at Trump Publicly Roasting His Own Friends and Employees
Donald Trump publicly roasted several of his friends — and now employees — to the press this week, taking jabs at their professional reputations, weight and more. Seth Meyers was stunned to see it, but of course got a good laugh as well. This week, the president zeroed in on three people in particular: Jeanine Pirro, Mehmet Oz and an unnamed third friend, who he swears people would know if he had dropped the name. During his 'A Closer Look' segment on Monday night, Meyers noted that, at least for Pirro and Oz, 'people see them not as serious professionals, but as ridiculous TV personalities.' But the NBC host wasn't making that assessment himself; he was using Trump's own words. 'Oz had a very successful show, but it hurt his reputation. Because when you're in show business, it hurts your reputation a little bit,' Trump explained to the press of his current administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. 'It's good for you, it's good for you, but in terms of professionalism and being a doctor, it sort of hurts your reputation.' Trump immediately compared Oz's bruised reputation to Pirro, who was named this week as the new U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. 'She was the toughest, smartest DA maybe in our country's, in our city's and state's history; New York,' he said. 'She was really tough, really sharp. Then she did a show, and people didn't think of it quite the same way. Became more of an entertainment person like us.' As the clip ended, Meyers was quick to note that being 'an entertainment person' seems to be a draw for Trump, considering Pirro is the 23rd current or former Fox News employee to be hired by the Trump administration. But, the NBC host wondered how Pirro and Oz are supposed to take Trump's words as compliments. 'Are Dr. Oz and Jeanine Pirro supposed to feel good when they hear their so-called friend Donald Trump talking about them like this?' he asked, before imitating Trump more succinctly: ''Two amazing people, but then they went on TV, and people lost respect for them. Not just me, everyone!'' Trump also discussed a businessman friend of his during a press conference this week, describing him as 'highly neurotic' and 'seriously overweight,' and someone who 'takes the fat shot drug.' 'In the annals of presidential history, we had FDR's fireside chats. JFK's inaugural address, and now Donald Trump saying, 'My overweight friend takes the fat shot drug,'' Meyers said with a wry expression. 'Are you talking about Ozempic, or did you fall asleep watching TV and hallucinate again?' Meyers was also pretty amused by Trump saying his friend is neurotic, only to then slowly call out terrible features about the person without actually naming a name. What made matters worse, the late night host argued, is that Trump has proven he can speak very highly about friends. It's just that the friends he touts are Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un and Xi Jinping. You can watch Seth Meyers' full 'A Closer Look' segment in the video above. The post Seth Meyers Cracks Up at Trump Publicly Roasting His Own Friends and Employees | Video appeared first on TheWrap.
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Politics
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Seth Meyers Deciphers Why Trump Looked So Happy While Being Publicly Rebuked by Canadian Prime Minister
President Donald Trump met with newly elected Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney this week, and during that meeting, Carney publicly rebuked Trump's idea of annexing Canada once again. But, instead of getting hostile, Trump was mostly grinning — and Seth Meyers thinks he knows why. During his 'A Closer Look' segment on Wednesday night, the NBC host first poked fun at the fact that, when asked what kind of concessions he's looking for from Canada, Trump's immediate response was 'friendship.' Meyers called the answer 'revealing' and 'deeply sad,' but also figured that's why Trump didn't mind when Carney definitively and publicly shut down the idea of Canada becoming a state. 'As you know from real estate, there are some places that are never for sale. We're sitting in one right now,' Carney said. 'You know, Buckingham Palace, that you visited as well. And having met with the owners of Canada over the course of the campaign the last several months, it's not for sale. It won't be for sale ever.' 'I've never seen him smile that much while someone tells him to get lost,' Meyers said when the clip ended. 'I think it's because Carney sucked up to him by talking about real estate. Carney's telling him he's wrong to his face, and all Trump is thinking, 'Oh, a new friend! They made the concession!'' Speaking more generally, Meyers marveled at the fact that Canada wound up swinging left in the election at all, and specifically because of Trump and the threats and comments he's made about Canada. 'Congrats, Donald, you turned the most polite country on Earth into an enemy,' he mocked. 'This is like getting a handwritten letter from Mr. Rogers that says, 'Hey, neighbor, I'm going to burn your f–king house down.'' You can watch Seth Meyers' full 'A Closer Look' segment in the video above. The post Seth Meyers Deciphers Why Trump Looked So Happy While Being Publicly Rebuked by Canadian Prime Minister | Video appeared first on TheWrap.
South China Morning Post
04-05-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
How Seth Meyers' lawyer wife, Alexi Ashe, beat Jennifer Lawrence to claim the talk show host and comedian's hand – and then beat food poisoning so she could marry him
Seth Meyers, comedian and host of NBC's talk show Late Night with Seth Meyers, started the year in punchy fashion. In his first episode of 2025, on January 7, he expressed his disappointment about having to scrap the script for his 'A Closer Look' segment after Donald Trump , then president-elect, made headlines with threats to take over Greenland. Meyers dared him to go ahead and do it. Adam Sandler (left) and Seth Meyers at the Golden Globe Awards in January, in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles. Advertisement Notably, he attended the ceremony without wife Alexi Ashe, despite its being his first Golden Globe nod. So what do we know about Ashe, who apparently is 'so happy' that actress Jennifer Lawrence once had a crush on her man, as reported by People? Alexi Ashe: lawyer Seth Meyers and his wife Alexi Ashe, a human rights lawyer. Photo: @sethmeyers/Instagram Hailing from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Alexi Ashe is a human rights lawyer. She studied at Southwestern Law School, Los Angeles, then worked for more than four years, until 2018, as an assistant district attorney in Brooklyn, New York. Currently, she is an advisory board member of the global education non-profit concern Journeys in Film; the director of anti-trafficking policy at Sanctuary for Families, which is dedicated to helping victims of domestic violence; and a board member of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women. How did she meet Seth Meyers?
Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Seth Meyers Says Trump ‘Changed My Mind' About His First 100 Days With ABC Interview
Polling has found President Donald Trump's approval rating for the first 100 days of his second term at record lows. But after his interview with ABC News about what he's accomplished, 'Late Night' host Seth Meyers had his mind changed. To kick off his 'A Closer Look' segment on Wednesday night, the NBC host admitted that he too thought Trump's first 100 days were terrible. Then, he watched Trump's contentious interview with ABC's Terry Moran. 'And you know what? He changed my mind,' Meyers said. 'Before the interview, I thought the first 100 days had been really bad, but after the interview, I thought, 'Oh, I see the plan. The next 100 days are going to make the first 100 days look amazing!'' From there, Meyers launched into his segment properly, dragging Trump as he always does. First, he zeroed in on the promise Trump and his allies made that 'a golden age' was coming. 'So we were promised a golden age, but then we scratched that golden service,' Meyers said. 'And guys, it turns out someone just used gold spray paint on a big old turd.' The late night host was particularly annoyed by Trump trying to take credit for the economy America had at the end of President Biden's term, while simultaneously causing the economy to contract for the first time in years upon entering office and blaming Biden for it. 'So I get it now, when the economy is good under Biden, it was because of you, but when the economy is bad under you, it's because of Biden,' Meyers scoffed. 'You know, Harry Truman had a sign on his desk in the Oval Office that said, 'The buck stops here,' which let people know the value of taking responsibility.' 'I wouldn't be surprised if Trump had one that said, 'Get that f–king buck away from me. I've never seen that buck before in my life! That's Biden's buck.'' You can watch Seth Meyers' full 'A Closer Look' in the video above. The post Seth Meyers Says Trump 'Changed My Mind' About His First 100 Days With ABC Interview | Video appeared first on TheWrap.
