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 comparable rehearsed acts — placing on a pretend smile and lamenting concerning the horrible evening they’d due to Trump’s win.
“I spent numerous time over the previous 17 hours interested by what I’d say tonight, or even when there may be something to say tonight, and there’s nothing, goodnight everyone,” Kimmel mentioned strolling off the stage.
The 56-year-old ABC host returned and referred to 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 endure, you’ll be comfortable to know that there was no pleasure in Mudville final evening,” he mentioned.
Kimmel turned emotional in a while when he claimed it was a tough evening for a number of completely different teams.
“Let’s be trustworthy, it was a horrible evening final evening,” he mentioned.
“It was a horrible evening for girls, 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 towards him, and guess what, it was a foul evening for everybody who voted for him too, you simply don’t understand it but,” he added.
Kimmel baselessly claimed that Trump’s victory was a very good 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 provide you with one thing optimistic, the most effective I can provide you with is we’ve been by means of this as soon as earlier than and sure this time it’s in all probability gonna be worse, possibly rather a lot worse,” Kimmel mentioned.
“I’m disenchanted, I do know numerous you might be too. I believed commonsense would prevail. I’m so silly, I all the time suppose it’s gonna however for lots of people this simply isn’t essential. It’s not excessive on their listing.”
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Late Night time with Seth Meyers
NBC’s Meyers revealed that he had voted for Harris, sarcastically quipping that no person 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 below the tree Christmas Morning, or “simply took an enormous dump in your hearth.”
“I don’t suppose Donald Trump’s a very good individual. I’ll even go so far as saying he’s a foul individual. Now in my protection, I’m solely basing that on all the pieces 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 effective individual or that don’t care that he’s not and thinks he’s a very good 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” phase into the 2024 Presidential Election.
“Effectively, Donald Trump has gained the 2024 election and might 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 all the time been and can all the time be the middle of the universe. There will 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 immediately into the digicam in entrance of a silent viewers.
“Hey there, how are you doing?” Colbert started his present. “For those who watch this present frequently 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 now.”
Colbert centered on telling individuals 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 pieces 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 all over the world.
Fallon, nonetheless, relied closely on low cost one-liners and seemingly pressured laughs from the group throughout his opening of “The Tonight Present,” on NBC.
“Effectively guys final evening America determined to get again with a loopy ex and elect Donald Trump because the forty seventh President of america,” Fallon mentioned. “Regardless of who you voted for I believe we will all agree that it’s going to be a tough Thanksgiving.”
“It was a troublesome evening for Democrats, right now 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 a giant evening for each Donald Trump and Don Julio.
