Seth Meyers Hits Back After Trump Said NBC Should Fire the ‘Late Night’ Host

Seth Meyers wasted little time getting stuck into Donald Trump on Monday’s (November 17) episode of Late Night, following the President’s calls for him to be fired over the weekend.

On Monday’s episode, Meyers aired a clip of a news reporter discussing Trump’s Truth Social post, in which he slammed the late-night host and said NBC should fire him immediately. “NBC’s Seth Meyers is suffering from an incurable case of Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS),” Trump wrote in his post.

He continued, “He was viewed last night in an uncontrollable rage, likely due to the fact that his ‘show’ is a Ratings DISASTER. Aside from everything else, Meyers has no talent, and NBC should fire him, IMMEDIATELY!”

“You guys! They said my name on TV!” Meyers responded mockingly. “It’s not often you hear the name Seth Meyers on TV before midnight. Now, as I’ve said before, I prefer to handle these situations the way you handle an angry driver who honks and flips you off on the highway — you just ignore them — unless you’re in New Jersey, then, technically, that’s a marriage proposal.”

The comedian noted that “being attacked this weekend by the President doesn’t make [him] special,” as he was one of many on Trump’s “s*** list,” including Christopher Wray, James Comey, Indiana Republicans, Thomas Massie, Rand Paul, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and former President Joe Biden.

Meyers then pointed out that the only person Trump didn’t seem to have a problem with was Sean Connery, citing a 2008 article the President shared on social media in which the late James Bond actor praised Trump’s golf course.

“I think it’s a bad sign when the most positive thing someone said about you this weekend was from an article 17 years old by a man who died five years ago,” Meyers quipped.

The NBC host added that he takes “no issue with the President voicing his displeasure with my show: That is his right, and on a lot of nights, he’s got a point!”

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However, one point he did have a problem with was the wording of Trump’s post, particularly the phrase, “He was viewed last night in an uncontrollable rage.”

“What’s with the passive voice, my man? I was viewed by who? Was it you, who viewed me? And did you view me exhibiting an uncontrollable rage, or did viewing me send you into an uncontrollable rage?” Meyers asked, adding, “It sounds like something a dowager countess says in a Victorian murder-mystery while she’s staring out the drawing room windows.”

Meyers concluded by saying he couldn’t believe he “finally has something in common with Marjorie Taylor Greene,” the Republican Georgia Representative who has been on the receiving end of Trump’s attacks this past week. “You know, Trump’s really bringing the country together. The only difference is, she got a cool nickname: ‘Marjorie Traitor Greene’ is way cooler than ‘Marble Mouth Meyers.’”

You can watch Meyers’ full monologue in the video above and let us know your thoughts below.

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