Seth Meyers mocks Trump's Kennedy Center hosting announcement

"That's definitely a fake conversation that did not happen."
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Sam Haysom
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In yet another rambling press conference, President Donald Trump has announced that he will be hosting the upcoming Kennedy Center Honors, telling a story about how he kept being asked to host the awards ceremony and kept saying no before finally caving in.

Reacting to the clip on Late Night, Seth Meyers was anything but convinced.

"Well, I think you deserve the award for best original screenplay, because that's definitely a fake conversation that did not happen," Meyers says, before launching into his Trump impression. "They said 'Sir, we want you to host,' and I said 'You're fools, I'm so busy,' and they said 'The ratings will be huge because everyone loves you!' and I said 'That's true,' and I said 'What'll I wear?' and they said 'Don't worry, we'll make a special tuxedo that's big enough for your incredibly large penis — their words, not fools on that, they wised up — and I said 'OK, if you say so.'"

It's not the first time Meyers has roasted a Trump press conference and it probably won't be the last.

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Sam Haysom

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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