We Bought a Ballroom
Lovett or Leave It
Lovett or Leave It
4.7 • 25.1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2026
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Trump gives us a billion reasons to hate his ballroom, Kash Patel is drowning in leaks, and RFK Jr. will have to pry our pills from our cold, tan hands. Then Beck Bennett and Kyle Mooney tackle life's big questions and predict the next great Saturday Night Live host. And Lovett is on one when we take a look at our Second Thoughts.
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| 1:13.6 | Welcome. Welcome or leave it It's love it or leave it It's love it or leave it Welcome Welcome |
| 1:15.6 | Welcome |
| 1:16.6 | to Love It or Leave It |
| 1:19.6 | Live from Hollywood |
| 1:20.6 | And Netflix is a joke |
| 1:22.6 | We've got a great show for you tonight |
| 1:26.6 | But first let's get into it. |
| 1:28.5 | What a week. |
| 1:29.5 | Senate Republicans unveiled legislation to fund immigration and border control, a $72 |
| 1:36.4 | billion package that they plan to pass via reconciliation. |
| 1:40.4 | It sounds like a lot, but keep in mind about half of the money for ICE officers ends up going out the door as alimony payments. |
| 1:47.7 | But then we learned that Republicans snuck into this bill a billion dollars in taxpayer money to pay for President Trump's ballroom, which isn't too bad. |
| 1:59.7 | It costs like half that much just to rent a ballroom for a wedding. |
| 2:05.4 | Or maybe I'm getting screwed. |
| 2:06.6 | Fuck. |
| 2:09.8 | We all remember that Trump claimed the ballroom would be built at no cost to the public. |
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