Jay Leno, the American comedian who for years hosted the famed US talk show The Tonight Show, has hit out at modern talk shows that discuss politics, claiming he doesn’t think “anybody wants to hear a lecture”.
Leno’s comments, made in a conversation with the Ronald Reagan Institute, were published by the foundation on 22 July, shortly after Stephen Colbert’s US talk show was cancelled by the US broadcaster CBS – in what Colbert’s supporters believe was a politically motivated act due to Colbert’s regular lampooning of Donald Trump.