Hanya Yanagihara | Trump Hangs Up on NPR After Being Fact-Checked on Election Lies: A Closer Look
Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast
NBC
4.3 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2022
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Seth takes a closer look at former President Trump abruptly ending an NPR interview after getting fact-checked on his 2020 election lies.
Then, author Hanya Yanagihara talks about the unique way her readers interact with her, discusses her book To Paradise and explains why she turned down an invitation to a college orgy.
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| 0:18.4 | Former Democratic presidential hopefuls, Andrew Yang and Mary Ann Williamson had dinner |
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| 0:39.3 | with Seth Myers. On today's show, Seth Kance with author, Hania Janikahara. |
| 0:43.3 | But first, a closer look. |
| 0:45.3 | Former president Donald Trump ended an interview with MPR by abruptly hanging up after he |
| 0:58.4 | was fact-checked on his lies about the 2020 election. For more on this, it's time for a closer look. |
| 1:07.3 | Well, we got two more days in our undisclosed location before heading back to the studio. |
| 1:12.5 | And I want to say how nice it was that so many of you asked me if I was OK. |
| 1:16.4 | It was less nice how many of you asked me if Wally was OK since Wally didn't test positive. |
| 1:23.2 | But since you're so concerned, here's a shot of them right now in the studio. |
| 1:28.7 | So there you have it, everyone. Your precious Wally is OK. |
| 1:32.5 | You can all breathe easy, something I can't do because I'm like, Wally, I had COVID. |
| 1:39.1 | I'm joking, of course. I had no symptoms. |
| 1:41.5 | Thanks to my two vaccines and a booster and no thanks to this horse pudding that I accidentally bought |
| 1:48.3 | when my quarter-bodega slash livestock supply store ran out of horse paste. |
| 1:52.9 | It is not good, has no medicinal value. |
| 1:57.2 | Plus, it's giving me high blood pressure because it's so packed with sugar to cover up the taste of horse. |
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