Seth Meyers is an American comedian, writer and television host. He has hosted NBC's Late Night with Seth Meyers since 2014. Before that he spent more than a decade at Saturday Night Live, where he was head writer and co-anchored Weekend Update.
We have documented 1 statement by Seth Meyers, in 1 case. Each statement below gives the quotation, its original source and a link to the full case.
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Role at the time: Host of NBC's Late Night with Seth Meyers
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Statement summary
Meyers calls Bessent's lunch at the restaurant a stunt, says Bessent is not a regular there and praises Obama's comic material at his rallies.
“It's lame enough that you went there for this stupid stunt, but don't pretend you're there all the time. ... We said it on Monday, we'll say it again, stand up comedy Obama is back.”
Relative to Obama's comparison, Meyers ridicules Bessent's response to it and praises Obama's comic delivery, including the follow-up jokes in Georgia. That approval of the joke is a defense of it.
Obama compared Trump's gold-heavy White House decor to a Cheesecake Factory opened by Saddam Hussein. Trump defended the renovations and criticized Obama; Bessent answered with a restaurant visit. The disagreement concerns what the joke targets and how its critics characterize it.
