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Late-night hosts rally behind Jimmy Kimmel after ABC suspension<\/p>\n

Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers and Jon Stewart react to Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s ABC suspension and threats from the FCC.<\/p>\n

Seth Meyers<\/a> is brushing off President Donald Trump<\/a>‘s attacks against him on social media.<\/p>\n

During his Monday, Nov. 3, episode of “Late Night with Seth Meyers,”<\/a> the host addressed the comments Trump made about him<\/a> over the weekend on Truth Social, which described Meyers as “deranged” and “the least talented person to ‘perform’ live in the history of television.”<\/p>\n

The president added in his Nov. 1 social media post that Meyers was “100% anti-Trump, which is probably illegal.” Trump’s response was over Meyers mocking the president’s recent trip to Asia, during which he went on about the use of steam-powered vs. electric-powered catapults on aircraft carriers and the amount of money spent on either.<\/p>\n

The 51-year-old comedian, who’s constantly critical of Trump, 79, hit back during the Nov. 3 “Closer Look” segment.<\/p>\n

“Now, the president is\u00a0jeopardizing food assistance for tens of millions of Americans\u00a0matters,” Meyers said.<\/p>\n

“What matters far less is when the president posts about me \u2013 which he did over the weekend, saying, among other things, that I may be the ‘least talented person to perform live in the history of television,’ calling me a ‘deranged lunati,’ and commenting that I ‘talked endlessly about electric catapults on aircraft carriers.'”<\/p>\n

Meyers added that his personal ethos is to simply ignore those who are “ranting and raving” about him. “But there is one thing that I simply have to address,” he added. “You can say I’m untalented, you can say I’m deranged. But I’m not the one who talks endlessly about catapults on aircraft carriers!\u00a0You\u2019re\u00a0the one who talks endlessly about catapults on aircraft carriers!”<\/p>\n

How it all began: President Trump calls ‘Late Night’ host Seth Meyers ‘deranged’ for mocking him<\/a><\/p>\n

Trump, Seth Meyers have traded barbs before<\/p>\n

Trump’s criticism of Meyers wasn’t the first time he’s slammed the comedian. In August, when the president learned that NBC had renewed Meyers’ contract, Trump went on about his ratings, talent and intelligence, saying Meyers had “the personality of an insecure child.”<\/p>\n

“You can say whatever you want about me,” Meyers said during Monday’s episode. “That is your First Amendment right, which I have too, right? We all have it, right?”<\/p>\n

In September, concerns over the future of late-night television and free speech were at a high after both\u00a0Sinclair and Nexstar Media Group<\/a>\u00a0announced they would stop airing Jimmy Kimmel’s show on their local ABC affiliates. The move was in response to the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” comedian saying that “the MAGA gang”<\/a> was “desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”<\/p>\n

Kimmel’s critics argued he misled his audience by suggesting Tyler Robinson, the suspect charged with killing Kirk during an event at Utah Valley University, is a supporter of Trump.<\/p>\n

ABC suspended “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”<\/a> on Sept. 17 after facing pressure from the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, who’d criticized Kimmel<\/a> for the remarks. By Sept. 22, ABC’s parent company, Disney,\u00a0announced that Kimmel’s show<\/a>\u00a0would return the following night.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fellow late-night talk show hosts, including Meyers, Jon Stewart, Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert and David Letterman, all came to Kimmel’s defense and criticized Trump for his involvement.<\/p>\n

More: Erika Kirk reveals Sinclair asked if she wanted an apology from Jimmy Kimmel<\/a><\/p>\n

Seth Meyers to Trump: ‘Working families are struggling while you renovate your bathroom’<\/p>\n

Meyers also acknowledged on his show that responding to Trump’s comments might only invite more criticism from the president.<\/p>\n

“Tomorrow, by the way, I’m probably gonna wake up to a Trump post that says, ‘Seth Meyers won’t stop talking about the White House bathrooms!'” he said. “But also like, who am I kidding? He’s not gonna watch two shows in a row.”<\/p>\n

Meyers continued: “I say this with sincerity: I don’t want to talk about catapults. I don’t want to talk about bathrooms. And I’m realizing that I’m starting to sound like a deranged lunatic, but that’s what you do to us. You make us talk about what you’re talking about, and then we all sound crazy.”<\/p>\n

The comedian added that “what we should be talking about instead is the government shutdown you’re not solving, or the food assistance you refuse to fund.”<\/p>\n

SNAP benefits lapsed on Nov. 1, the first time in the program’s 60-year history, as the consequences of the\u00a0government shutdown<\/a>\u00a0spread across the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n

More: Wanda Sykes urges people to ‘uplift’ single mothers amid SNAP benefit cutoff<\/a><\/p>\n

More than 42 million people across more than 22 million households relied on SNAP benefits every month during fiscal year 2025, according to the\u00a0U.S. Department of Agriculture<\/a>. In total, that means around 12% of the more than\u00a0342 million<\/a>\u00a0people in the United States utilize the benefits.<\/p>\n

“Working families are struggling while you renovate your bathroom and you build your ballroom,” Meyers concluded.<\/p>\n

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