The liberal late-night hosts put their post-election meltdowns on full show Wednesday night lower than 24 hours after President-elect Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris
Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon greeted their exhibits with related rehearsed acts — placing on a pretend smile and lamenting in regards to the horrible evening that they had due to Trump’s win.
“I spent a variety of time over the previous 17 hours serious about what I might say tonight, or even when there’s something to say tonight, and there’s nothing, goodnight all people,” Kimmel mentioned strolling off the stage.
The 56-year-old ABC host returned and known as election evening “the worst taco Tuesday of my entire life” as he mentioned he was determining what occurred.
“These of you who’re hate watching this present proper now wanting to look at me undergo, you can be completely satisfied to know that there was no pleasure in Mudville final evening,” he mentioned.
Kimmel grew to become emotional in a while when he claimed it was a tough evening for a number of completely different teams.
“Let’s be sincere, it was a horrible evening final evening,” he mentioned.
“It was a horrible evening for ladies, for youngsters, for the lots of of hundreds of hardworking immigrants who make this nation go,” Kimmel mentioned, pausing to struggle again tears. “It was a horrible evening for everybody who voted in opposition to him, and guess what, it was a nasty evening for everybody who voted for him too, you simply don’t notice it but,” he added.
Kimmel baselessly claimed that Trump’s victory was a great evening for Russian President Vladimir Putin, polio, Silicon Valley billionaires and the “wriggling mind worms who bought their souls to bow all the way down to Donald Trump.”
“I’ve been making an attempt to give you one thing optimistic, the perfect I can give you is we’ve been by way of this as soon as earlier than and sure this time it’s most likely gonna be worse, possibly so much worse,” Kimmel mentioned.
“I’m dissatisfied, I do know a variety of you might be too. I believed commonsense would prevail. I’m so silly, I at all times suppose it’s gonna however for lots of people this simply isn’t necessary. It’s not excessive on their checklist.”
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Late Evening with Seth Meyers
NBC’s Meyers revealed that he had voted for Harris, sarcastically quipping that no one knew which candidate he had supported within the weeks earlier than the election.
The 50-year-old “SNL” alum mentioned election evening felt prefer it was going to be Christmas Eve — both Santa left you presents underneath the tree Christmas Morning, or “simply took an enormous dump in your fire.”
“I don’t suppose Donald Trump’s a great individual. I’ll even go so far as saying he’s a nasty individual. Now in my protection, I’m solely basing that on all the things that I’ve ever been taught about what makes somebody good or dangerous,” Meyers mentioned.
“That is actual and that is one thing I settle for. Half the nation thinks he is an efficient individual or that don’t care that he’s not and thinks he’s a great president. And due to that he’s going to be our president once more,” he added.
Meyers calm demeanor didn’t final lengthy as he arrange his “A Nearer Look” section into the 2024 Presidential Election.
“Properly, Donald Trump has gained the 2024 election and will likely be president once more for 4 extra years, or eight or 12 or no matter,” he mentioned maniacally laughing.
“We dwell in an infinite time-warp the place Donald Trump has at all times been and can at all times be the middle of the universe. There may be no escape, all hail our highly effective and benevolent supreme chief,” Meyers mentioned.
CBS host Colbert’s opening on the “Late Present” started with a extra somber strategy as he spoke straight into the digicam in entrance of a silent viewers.
“Hey there, how are you doing?” Colbert started his present. “Should you watch this present recurrently I’m guessing you’re not doing nice. Yeah, me neither.”
The “Late Present” host retold an encounter the place somebody apologized to him for having to do a present the day after the election, however Colbert brushed it off saying he “will get to do a present right this moment.”
Colbert centered on telling folks to not be alone throughout “occasions like this” and that he was glad to be doing a “comedy present.”
“Nobody will get into this enterprise as a result of all the things of their life labored out nice,” the 60-year-old mentioned. “So we’re constructed for tough roads.”
Colbert transitioned into the “chilly open” displaying a number of completely different broadcasts from election evening protection earlier than mocking the completely different reactions of Trump’s victory from world wide.
Fallon, nevertheless, relied closely on low-cost one-liners and seemingly pressured laughs from the gang throughout his opening of “The Tonight Present,” on NBC.
“Properly guys final evening America determined to get again with a loopy ex and elect Donald Trump because the forty seventh President of the USA,” Fallon mentioned. “Regardless of who you voted for I believe we are able to all agree that it’s going to be a tough Thanksgiving.”
“It was a tricky evening for Democrats, right this moment they turned to Elon Musk ‘so inform me extra about residing on Mars, how shut are we,” the 50-year-old quipped.
Fallon additionally joked it was an enormous evening for each Donald Trump and Don Julio.
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