James Acaster | Trump Skips Super Bowl Because He'd Get Booed, Threatens to Take Control of Elections: A Closer Look
Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast
NBC
4.3 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2026
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Seth takes a closer look at Trump threatening to seize control of elections after a string of major losses and skipping the Super Bowl because he's afraid to get booed.
Then, James Acaster talks about pranking his friends into toasting to fascism at the bar, having Robert De Niro on his Off Menu podcast and his thoughts on Seth doing a live "Taskmaster."
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| 0:00.0 | During an Oval Office signing ceremony yesterday, |
| 0:04.8 | President Trump criticized CNN reporter Caitlin Collins |
| 0:08.4 | and said he never sees her smile. |
| 0:10.6 | Oh, so she's his type. |
| 0:16.6 | From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City. |
| 0:22.3 | Please enjoy this podcast edition of Late Night with Seth Myers. |
| 0:26.2 | On today's show, Seth Chats with actor and comedian James Acaster. |
| 0:29.7 | But first, a closer look. |
| 0:41.1 | Donald Trump is reportedly skipping the Super Bowl because he's afraid to get booed |
| 0:42.7 | and threatening to seize control of elections |
| 0:45.0 | after a string of major losses. |
| 0:46.9 | For more on this, it's time for a closer look. |
| 0:52.8 | The Super Bowl is on Sunday, and if there's one thing we know about Donald Trump, |
| 0:56.7 | is that he loves football. A few months ago, he made a guest appearance in the booth during an NFL game |
| 1:02.5 | where he was asked which New York football team he likes, and he picked both. |
| 1:06.9 | So I love the Jets, and I love the Giants. I had a lot of friends, Bob Tish and some people that owned the Giants at the time |
| 1:13.3 | as we're going along and progressing. |
| 1:16.0 | And, you know, look, we had a couple of Super Bowls with the Giants. |
| 1:18.7 | The Jets have been having a little bit of a hard time. |
| 1:20.9 | A little bit of a hard time is the nicest possible way |
| 1:26.1 | to describe the last 50-plus years of the Jets. |
| 1:30.0 | Things have been a little bit bumpy since 1969. |
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