Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon have fun with Trump's ill-advised Twitter fight against Chrissy Teigen, John Legend

Late night hosts adjudicate Trump&#039;s Twitter war with John Legend and Chrissy Teigen

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last updated 10 September 2019

Monday's Late Show began by imagining President Trump's since-withdrawn Camp David invitation to the Taliban, plus some other odd invites.

Trump may or may not be close to making peace with the Taliban, but "he's taking on America's true enemies, John Legend and Chrissy Teigen," Stephen Colbert said in his monologue. On Sunday, Legend discussed his longtime advocacy for criminal justice reform in an MSNBC special filmed in a prison yard. "Apparently the president tuned in — I assume he was hoping to catch a glimpse of some of his former campaign staff," Colbert deadpanned. "Trump was not happy with what he saw, because he went on an epic tweet rant about the special. Buckle up." He read the tweets.

"This could be the first time in history a mentally ill person is upset because the TV isn't talking to them," Colbert joked. "Trump thinks all of television should be talking about him all the time." John Legend had a witty, searing, and safe-for-work retort to Trump's criticism, but Colbert blew a chef's kiss at Teigen's less-clean riposte. "She just beat Trump at Twitter and nicknames," he said.

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"Trump called John Legend a 'boring musician' and called Chrissy Teigen a 'filthy mouthed wife,'" James Corden marveled at The Late Late Show. "In other news, Melania's campaign against cyberbullying is still going strong." The ensuing Twitter war "ridiculous," he said. "Here we have one of the most powerful people in the world wasting his precious time arguing with the president of the United States." Watch below. Peter Weber

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