Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, and Conan O'Brien joined forces to respond to Trump digs
How's this for some collusion — on Tuesday, late night hosts Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, and Conan O'Brien joined forces to respond to President Trump's earlier tirade against them.
On Monday night, Trump was in South Carolina for a rally in support of Gov. Henry McMaster, but ended up going on a rant about Colbert ("the guy from CBS" who is a "low-life"), Fallon ("a lost soul"), and their comrade Jimmy Kimmel ("terrible" with "no talent"). "Honestly, are these people funny?" Trump asked. "And I can laugh at myself. Frankly, if I couldn't, I'd be in big trouble."
Fast forward to Tuesday night, when Colbert and Fallon opened their shows with the exact same opening, featuring their video chat with O'Brien — who was not a target of Trump's, and implored everyone to be civil because "if we're not careful, this thing could start to get ugly." Watch the clip, as shown on The Late Show with the Guy on CBS, below. Catherine Garcia
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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