Jimmy Kimmel
Jimmy Kimmel opened on Wednesday evening with the continued backlash to Kanye West’s antisemitic statements, which have prompted the agency CAA, fashion house Balenciaga, and sportswear giant Adidas to sever business ties with him.
On Wednesday, West showed up unannounced and uninvited to the corporate headquarters at Skechers in Manhattan Beach, California. “Ironically – this is not a joke – before he barged in to Skechers, he stopped at the bagel shop next door,” said Kimmel. “He shouldn’t be allowed to eat bagels any more, right? At least.”
Several athletes, including Los Angeles Rams star Aaron Donald and Boston Celtics player Jaylen Brown, have cut ties with Donda Sports, a marketing and content agency owned by West.
“At this point the only athlete who’d be dumb enough to sign with Donda Sports is Herschel Walker,” Kimmel quipped.
Things have not been going well for Walker, the Republican candidate for Senate in Georgia who has been running on a Trump-loyal, anti-abortion platform. On Wednesday, a second woman alleged that Walker paid for her abortion while they were in a relationship.
Walker has denied ever paying for an abortion, and doubled down at a campaign stop on Wednesday, telling reporters that he was “done with this foolishness” and “didn’t kill JFK, either”.
“That one is true, he did not kill JFK,” said Kimmel. “But if he had killed him, he would’ve done it while he was in the womb.”
Stephen Colbert
On The Late Show, Stephen Colbert checked in on the close Senate race in Pennsylvania between lieutenant governor John Fetterman and celebrity TV doctor Mehmet Oz.
“Dr Oz has had his problems running for Senate in Pennsylvania. For one thing, he lives in New Jersey,” Colbert explained. “Also, he came out suuuuper anti-choice in the primary” and when asked about his stance on abortion in a debate this week, “he accidentally said what he meant.”
As in, Oz said decisions about a woman’s body should be between “women, doctors and local political leaders”.
“No one should have to discuss healthcare with their local political leaders,” said Colbert. “Especially if you live in one of those really small towns where the local mayor is a dog.”
Asked about his continued support for Donald Trump amid numerous legal investigations, Oz said, “I haven’t followed them very carefully – I’ve been campaigning pretty aggressively – they’ll work themselves out.”
“They’ll work themselves out?” Colbert exclaimed. “He’s a president being accused of treason, not a cat who swallowed some tinsel.”
He then turned to yet another scandal for Herschel Walker in Georgia as another woman claimed he paid for her abortion while they were having an affair. “Wait a second … didn’t we do this story already? Am I in a rerun right now?” Colbert wondered.
Trevor Noah
Did you see how Dr. Oz snuck in "local political leaders" like nobody would notice? pic.twitter.com/uaizgl0fmF
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And on the Daily Show, Trevor Noah zoned in on Dr Oz and his attempts to distance himself from Maga-verse to try to court centrist voters in Pennsylvania. “He’s basically doing that TikTok thing where you flip your hair down, and then when you come up you act like you suddenly didn’t want to hang Mike Pence,” Noah joked.
“Being pro-Trump and pro-reasonable is a lot harder than people think,” he added. “Which was apparent when Dr Oz had to explain his position on abortion.”
Asked if abortion should be banned in America, Oz demurred from answering directly and said “there should not be involvement from the federal government.
“I want women, doctors, local political leaders, letting the democracy that’s always allowed our nation to thrive, to put the best ideas forward so states can decide for themselves,” Oz said.
“That’s right, Dr Oz said abortion rights should be decided by women and their doctors and local political leaders,” Noah explained. “Which was pretty slick, right? I like how he did it. Because he started that sentence like he was on the side of women, and then he snuck in the politicians at the end, like a teenager buying condoms at a gas station.
“If you’re pro-choice, what Dr Oz is suggesting is bullshit,” he added. “I think we can all agree: there is only one politician who should have a say in your abortion, and that’s Herschel Walker, because it’s his. It’s probably his. Ladies, check – they’re all his.”
