Woody Harrelson resorted to smoking a joint halfway through dinner with Trump

Can't blame him.
 By 
Chloe Bryan
 on 
Woody Harrelson resorted to smoking a joint halfway through dinner with Trump
Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images

Dinner with Donald Trump sounds like a true and complete nightmare, right?

Well, Woody Harrelson can confirm. For him, the experience was so obnoxious that he excused himself midway through to smoke a joint.

Harrelson, who has since given up smoking weed, detailed the experience to his insufferable friend Bill Maher on Friday night's Real Time.

In 2002, Harrelson explained, he attended a dinner with his friend Jesse Ventura. Trump was also in attendance -- in fact, he was courting Ventura to be his running mate on (get this) the 2004 Democratic presidential ticket.

"It was brutal," he continued. "I never met a more narcissistic man. He talked about himself the whole time. I had to walk out, like, halfway through to smoke a joint ... just to, like, steel myself for the rest of it."

Harrelson's full interview is below. The Trump story starts at around the 4:12 mark, so we'd recommend starting there unless you want to listen to a weirdly apologist conversation about Lyndon B. Johnson.

Mashable Image
Chloe Bryan

Chloe was the shopping editor at Mashable. She was also previously a culture reporter. You can follow her on Twitter at @chloebryan.

Mashable Potato

Recommended For You


TIL creators need a prenup for their TikTok
mini figures of man and woman standing on blocks that spell 'prenup'

Jimmy Kimmel uses a 10-year-old tweet to roast Trump
A man in a suit stands on a talk show stage. An old tweet from Donald Trump is visible at the bottom of the screen.

TikTok deal adds new U.S. owners. Here's what this means for users.
The TikTok logo appears on a smartphone screen, with the American flag on a computer screen in the background.

Trending on Mashable
NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for April 3, 2026
Connections game on a smartphone

NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for April 4, 2026
Connections game on a smartphone

Wordle today: Answer, hints for April 4, 2026
Wordle game on a smartphone

Wordle today: Answer, hints for April 3, 2026
Wordle game on a smartphone

Google launches Gemma 4, a new open-source model: How to try it
Google Gemma
The biggest stories of the day delivered to your inbox.
These newsletters may contain advertising, deals, or affiliate links. By clicking Subscribe, you confirm you are 16+ and agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Thanks for signing up. See you at your inbox!