Ben Stiller | Trump Nominee Pete Hegseth Grilled Over Drinking, Misconduct & Controversial Comments: A Closer Look
Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast
NBC
4.5 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Seth takes a closer look at Pete Hegseth facing tough questions about his past comments and personal conduct during a confirmation hearing to be secretary of defense.
Then, Ben Stiller talks about Season 2 of Severance taking three years to make, having fun while creating a world that isn't locked into any specific rules and a failed television pilot with Jack Black called Heat Vision and Jack.
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| 1:12.7 | a closer look. |
| 1:21.6 | Peek Headset faced tough questions about his past comments and personal contact during a |
| 1:26.8 | confirmation hearing to be Secretary of Defense on Tuesday. |
| 1:29.4 | For more on this, it's time for a closer look. |
| 1:35.6 | If you're a Pete Heggseth fan, here's the bad news. I'm about to do some jokes at his expense. |
| 1:40.8 | But here's the good news. He's probably going to get confirmed as the next Secretary of Defense |
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