'Daily Show' unpacks why Amazon spent $75 million on 'Melania' documentary

"Amazon believed in this movie a lot. Like, suspiciously a lot."
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The Melania documentary has had its premiere, and all of the late night shows have similar questions.

"Amazon believed in this movie a lot. Like, suspiciously a lot," says Daily Show host Desi Lydic in the clip above. "Huh, why would Jeff Bezos, a billionaire who has tons of business with a government run by a famously-corrupt president known for loving bribes, overpay for a Melania documentary? Hmm, let me think."

Elsewhere, Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert also had similar things to say about Amazon's big paycheck — especially on the same week the company has cut 16,000 jobs.

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Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.


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