Tina Fey sat by Donald Trump at the Adele Christmas show, had a good excuse to be a 'hypocrite'
What do you do if you're famous and you run into Donald Trump but you don't like his politics? Tina Fey was on The Tonight Show on Monday, and she had one answer: You act like a hypocrite. Fey said she was tricked into going to watch the taping of Adele's Christmas special at Radio City Music Hall, and when she was shown to her seat, it was right in front of Trump's.
"And I was, like, the biggest hypocrite of all time, because like many people — like 51 percent of America — I watch him on the news and I'm, like, 'Come on, this guy!" she said. But when she was face-to-face with him, she added, "I was, like, 'Hi, how are you?'" She had an excuse. "We had the same baby nurse," Fey said, explaining the position as "when you first have a baby and a lady comes and helps you take care of it. We had the same baby nurse, so I was thinking, like, 'I can't get in a feud with Donald Trump, because the baby nurse will be mad at me.'" Amy Poehler, sitting next to Fey, didn't have the same excuse, but she didn't need it. Watch below. Peter Weber
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