Trump vows to look into Seth Meyers’ late night contract
President Trump said that he plans to look into NBC’s decision to extend “Late Night” host Seth Meyers’ contract, slamming the comedian as a “dope.”
“There is a sick rumor going around that Fake News NBC extended the contract of one of the least talented Late Night television hosts out there, Seth Meyers,” Trump wrote early Wednesday morning on Truth Social.
He added, “He has no Ratings, Talent, or Intelligence, and the Personality of an insecure child. So, why would Fake News NBC extend this dope’s contract. I don’t know, but I’ll definitely be finding out!!!”
It’s unclear what “sick rumor” the president was referring to; Meyers renewed his deal to host “Late Night” through 2028 in May, Deadline reported at the time.
Trump has criticized mainstream news outlets for years but has escalated his fight against them during his second term, turning to social media to attack reporters and networks over coverage. He celebrated the news last month that CBS was nixing “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” next year and he quipped that ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel should be “next” on the chopping block.
The president late Sunday threatened major broadcast networks in a string of online posts, suggesting they be fined or taken off the air because of negative coverage of his administration.
“Why is it that ABC and NBC FAKE NEWS, two of the absolute worst and most biased networks anywhere in the World, aren’t paying Millions of Dollars a year in LICENSE FEES,” Trump wrote. “They should lose their Licenses for their unfair coverage of Republicans and/or Conservatives, but at a minimum, they should pay up BIG for having the privilege of using the most valuable airwaves anywhere at anytime!!!”
Meyers, among other late-night hosts, consistently skewers Trump on his show.
Earlier this year, Trump bashed Meyers, saying his show isn’t “entertainment,” but more like a political hit job. He said at the time that he “got stuck watching Marble Mouth Meyers the other night, the first time in months” and called him a “moron.”