Seth Meyers may take a relaxed approach to his clothing on “Late Night,” but on Wednesday night, the NBC host took a moment to actually lie down and took a short nap during his “A Closer Look” segment. Why? Well, he needed to keep himself occupied as a mega-montage of Donald Trump mistakes played.
Meyers is familiar with showing compilations of Trump’s slip-ups during rallies. You can see a few here, here and here. So, when Democrats chose to employ a similar strategy in court this week, in response to Special Counsel Robert Hur’s testimony, Meyers was definitely a little annoyed with them. And he made sure to point it out.
“While they were effective, I have to say, I was a little irritated,” Meyers confessed. “That’s our thing, guys. We’ve been doing that for nine years. Our researchers have spent so much time sifting through video recordings of Trump’s brain exploding, they’re scarred for life.”
He continued, “You cannot outdo us, Congress, when it comes to a Trump montage. So don’t try. Because we can always out-montage you. In fact, I’m gonna prove it right now. Hopefully this won’t be too long. You guys watch, and I’ll keep myself occupied.”
And from there, a mega-montage began, showing a whole bunch of Trump’s mistakes and some of the more outrageous things he’s said at rallies, whether they were a slip-up or not.
To keep himself occupied, Meyers first poured himself a drink, mixing what seemed to be a few types of whiskey. The host then tried to play paddleball with himself, which did not go well. He then made a show of dealing out cards to himself before grabbing an eye mask.
Then, yes, Meyers took a brief nap as the montage continued. Eventually though, he “startled” himself awake — then tried to play paddleball again, this time wearing the sleep mask. (It still didn’t go well).
You can watch Seth Meyers’ complete “A Closer Look” segment in the video above.
