Late night hosts tackle Mike Lindell's failed Canadian pillow attack, Melania's adventures with NFTs
Russia appears to be getting even readier to invade Ukraine, and "speaking of international conflicts, the Olympics," Stephen Colbert said on The Late Show. Because a Russian doping scandal has postponed the team skating medals, the Beijing organizers are giving medalists commemorative Olympic torches. 'Yes, that's the smart thing to do when you've really pissed someone off, hand them a torch," he said. "Evidently they were out of Olympic pitchforks."
Colbert moved on to a softer target.
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Melania Trump, meanwhile, recently "held an auction for a collection of NFTs on the Solana blockchain," selling a hat and images of her wearing the hat, Colbert said. "Now, the minimum bid was supposed to be about $250,000" in a volatile cryptocurrency, "but despite the currency fluctuations, Melania's hat got a buyer — and the winner was . . . Melania."
Yes, while the rest of the Trump family "is doing their be-best to avoid prison, Melania is selling NFTs," Jimmy Kimmel said on Kimmel Live. "Until today I though a blockchain was what Melania had on her bedroom door to protect her from the bored ape in the next room."
Pillow maven Lindell "claimed he was trolling the reporter" with the helicopter plan, but he appears to be serious "about launching a pillow attack on Canada," Kimmel said. "Who would've ever guess his voter fraud crusade would wind up being the second-craziest thing he's done."
Fellow election-fraud conspiracist Rudy Giuliani told Eminem he should leave the country for taking a knee at the Super Bowl, and The Late Show gave "Eminem" a chance to respond.
And on Full Frontal, host Samantha Bee "sent Allana Harkin to find out what football can teach us about our other full-contact sport, politics" — and Harkin came away hope-adjacent.
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