Stephen Colbert, James Corden and Other Late Night Hosts Address Matt Lauer Scandal
Matt Lauer's termination from the Today show amid accusations of sexual harassment shocked America on Wednesday morning, and by the evening, the news was already fodder for almost every late night talk show host.Jimmy Kimmel opened his show by talking about the unexpected turn of events, and how he first heard the news, like so many other people, when he first woke up on Wednesday morning."This morning, my wife looked at her phone and went, 'Oh my god! Matt Lauer!' Which, of course, I assumed he was dead," Kimmel recalled.
"I guess this is better? I don't know.""[So] what happens now?" he continued.
"Does he have to do an emotional sit-down interview with himself?"While the commentary about Lauer's alleged actions was handled delicately, many of the hosts were somewhat less charitable toward President Donald Trump, who decided to tweet about Lauer's scandal despite of being the target of numerous accusations of sexual
