In the beginning of Wednesday’s episode of The Late Present, Stephen Colbert somberly confessed to doing “not nice.” Within the aftermath of Republican candidate and convicted felon Donald Trump being elected for the second time as president, each late-night TV present addressed the result, and tried to search out humor in a painful time for tens of millions of Individuals.
“Some folks mentioned to me, ‘Sorry you need to do a present tonight,’ which is sweet of them to say. However I don’t should do a present. I get to do a present tonight,” Colbert continued throughout his monologue. “I’m so grateful to be with all these proficient folks.” He additionally famous that nobody enters the comedy enterprise “as a result of their life labored out nice,” including, “We’re constructed for tough roads.”
His sentiment echoes that of Colbert’s former boss, Jon Stewart, who hosted a reside episode of The Day by day Present throughout election night time, which Vainness Honest attended. “That is not the tip,” he informed his viewers. “And we’ve to regroup, and we’ve to proceed to combat and proceed to work, day in and day trip, to create the higher society—for our youngsters, for this world, for this nation—that we all know is feasible. It’s attainable.”
Right here’s what TV’s different late-night hosts needed to say a couple of second Trump time period.
Stephen Colbert
“Effectively, fuck, it occurred once more,” Colbert mentioned throughout Wednesday’s episode. “After a weird and harsh marketing campaign fueled by a determined want to not go to jail, Donald Trump has received the 2024 election.”
The Late Present host acknowledged that whereas “the deep shock and sense of loss is gigantic,” there’s a silver lining to be present in the truth that “there’ll be a peaceable switch of energy.” Colbert continued, “All day yesterday, I used to be strolling round proudly carrying my ‘I Voted’ sticker. At present I wore my, ‘I’m questioning my basic perception within the goodness of humanity’ sticker.”
He additionally dispelled the notion that comedians are chomping on the bit to joke about Trump for an additional 4 years. “Now, as a late-night host, folks typically say to me, ‘Come on, a part of you has bought to need Trump to win as a result of he provides you a lot materials to work with,’” Colbert mentioned. “No, no. Nobody tells the man who cleans the lavatory: ‘Wow, you need to adore it when somebody has explosive diarrhea. There’s a lot materials so that you can work with.’”
