Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, Fallon merge over Trump’s election victory

On November 7, 2024By Littum

The liberal late-night hosts put their post-election meltdown on full display Wednesday night, less than 24 hours after President-elect Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris

Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon greeted their shows with similar rehearsed acts — with a fake smile and bemoaning the terrible night they had because of Trump’s victory.

“I spent a lot of time over the last 17 hours thinking about what I wanted to say tonight, or even if there was anything to say tonight and there isn’t, good night everyone.” Kimmel said leave the stage.

The 56-year-old ABC host hit back, calling election night “the worst Taco Tuesday of my entire life” as he said he was figuring out what happened.

“Those of you who hate watching this show right now and want to see me suffer will be happy to know that there was no joy in Mudville last night,” he said.

Kimmel later became emotional as he claimed it was a rough night for several different groups.

“Let’s be honest, it was a terrible night last night,” he said.

“It was a terrible night for women, for children, for the hundreds of thousands of hard-working immigrants who make this country go,” Kimmel said, pausing to fight back tears. “It was a terrible night for everyone who voted against him and guess what, it was a bad night for everyone who voted for him too, you just don’t know yet,” he added.

Kimmel baselessly claimed that Trump’s victory was a good night for Russian President Vladimir Putin, polio, Silicon Valley billionaires and the “wriggled brainworms who sold their souls to bow to Donald Trump.”

“I’ve been trying to come up with something positive, the best I can come up with is that we’ve been through it once before and yes this time it’s probably going to be worse, maybe a lot worse,” Kimmel said.

“I’m disappointed, I know a lot of you are too. I thought common sense would prevail. I’m so stupid, I always think it’s going to happen, but for a lot of people, this just isn’t important. It’s not high on their list.”

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Late Night with Seth Meyers

NBC’s Meyers revealed that he had voted for Harrisquipping sarcastically that no one knew which candidate he had endorsed in the weeks leading up to the election.

The 50-year-old “SNL” alum said election night felt like it would be Christmas Eve — either Santa left you presents under the tree on Christmas morning or “just took a big dump in your fireplace.”

“I don’t think Donald Trump is a good person. I’d even go so far as to say he’s a bad person. Now, in my defense, I’m just basing that on everything I’ve ever been taught about what makes someone good or bad,” Meyers said.

“This is real, and it’s something I accept. Half the country thinks he’s a good person, or doesn’t care that he’s not, and thinks he’s a good president. And because of that he will be our president again,” he added.

Meyer’s calm demeanor didn’t last long as he set up his “A Closer Look” segment for the 2024 presidential election.

“Well, Donald Trump has won the election in 2024 and will be president again for four more years, or eight or 12 or whatever,” he said, laughing maniacally.

“We live in an infinite time warp where Donald Trump has always been and always will be the center of the universe. There can be no escape, all hail our powerful and benevolent Supreme Leader,” Meyers said.

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

CBS hosts Colbert’s opening on “Late Show” began with a more somber approach as he spoke directly into the camera in front of a silent audience.

“Hello, how are you?” Colbert began his show. “If you watch this show regularly, I’m guessing you’re not doing well. Well, neither am I.”

The “Late Show” host recounted an encounter where someone apologized to him for having to do a show the day after the election, but Colbert brushed it off, saying he’s “going to do a show today.”

Colbert focused on telling people not to be alone in “times like this” and that he was happy to do a “comedy show.”

“No one gets into this business because everything in their life worked out great,” the 60-year-old said. “So we’re built for rough roads.”

Colbert transitioned to the “cold open” and showed several different broadcasts of the election night coverage before mocking the different reactions to Trump’s victory from around the world.

The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon

However, Fallon relied heavily on cheap one-liners and seemingly forced laughs from the crowd during his opening of “The Tonight Show”, on NBC.

“Well guys last night America decided to get back with a crazy ex and elect Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States,” Fallon said. “Regardless of who you voted for, I think we can all agree it’s going to be a tough Thanksgiving.”

“It was a tough night for the Democrats, today they approached Elon Musk, tell me more about living on Mars, how close are we,” the 50-year-old said.

Fallon also joked that it was a big night for both Donald Trump and Don Julio.