Late-Night Show Hosts Sound Off On Fox News’ Tucker Carlson & CNN’s Don Lemon Getting Ousted
deadline.comFox News parted ways with Tucker Carlson and CNN cut ties with Don Lemon today giving the late-night show hosts a lot of material to sound off on in their monologues.
On Late Night with Seth Meyers, the host dedicated his “Closer Look” segment to the media shakeups. Meyers questioned if Fox News had gone “woke” after axing Carlson from the network and joked that he went through “all the stages of Tucker’s face in one sitting.” The late-night host poked fun at Carlson’s laugh and his facial expressions.
Meyers also suggested that it would be really funny if the green M&M replaced Carlson on the network. Jimmy Kimmel Live’s Twitter account shared a video with Carlson’s most cringy moments over the years. “Goodbye Mother-Tucker!” read the tweet.Goodbye Mother-Tucker!
pic.twitter.com/XYit9hVbIg During Kimmel’s monologue, the host introduced the topic by saying, “Fox News has severed bowties with Tucker Carlson after all these years they are parting ways, which means he was fired.” He then later joked that the former Fox News host “couldn’t be reached for comment” as he was “on a plane to Moscow to meet with his manager.” “What a shock, what an absolutely delightful shock this is,” Kimmel added.
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