Seth Meyers on Trump, SNL, ‘Late Night’ and More

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🗓️ 2 July 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Seth Meyers is currently vying for one of just three nomination spots in the late-night TV Emmys race. But ahead of the 2024 election, the comedian, ‘Saturday Night Live’ alum and host of NBC’s ‘Late Night’ was doing his best to stay in the present and take each new insane development as it comes. In this episode, Meyers talks about how he ended up releasing a stand-up special (‘Dad Man Walking’ on Max) that has nothing to do with politics so close to the election. He also shares thoughts about his infamous ice cream date with Joe Biden, why he regrets platforming JD Vance on his show, how SNL’s reliance on guest stars has changed the show since he was in the cast, and so much more.

This episode was originally published on October 30, 2024.

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0:00.0	This is the last laugh.
0:06.5	I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast.
0:09.3	Well, it's July 4th week, and while I can't say I'm feeling all that patriotic this year,
0:15.3	I am taking a much-needed break.
0:17.9	So, with that in mind, we are revisiting an episode I recorded last year with a guest
0:22.9	who shouldn't need too much of an introduction, Seth Myers. Seth is currently vying for one of
0:29.6	just three spots this year in the Emmy category that celebrates the late night TV shows,
0:34.7	and I very much hope he gets in there, along with John Mullaney's
0:38.8	Netflix show Everybody's Live.
0:41.4	A lot has changed in the world since Seth and I talked just a couple of weeks before
0:45.9	the 2024 election.
0:48.1	So this conversation is like a nice little time capsule of how he was feeling about what then seemed like a 50-50 chance
0:56.6	that he would be doing his late night show under a President Donald Trump once again.
1:01.5	We all know how that turned out.
1:03.9	Before we get into the interview, here's a clip from the final A Closer Look segment Seth Myers delivered
1:09.2	before his own July 4th break, just to get a
1:13.0	sense of how he's feeling about everything going on right now.
1:18.3	Well, you guys, lots of normal stuff is happening today. The head of NATO called Donald Trump
1:22.5	Daddy. Trump said he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for bombing Iran and Bernie Sanders talked to Joe Rogan about why it's bad to fall in love with AI chatbots.
1:31.4	For more on this, it's time for a closer look.
1:37.4	You guys, Donald Trump really, really wants a Nobel Peace Prize, which is obviously insane.
1:43.2	I think at best we could trick him by telling the committee
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