The Olympic Village for Milan-Cortina Games reportedly ran out of free condoms for competitors in just three days. It was so bad, they almost had to cancel the two-man luge. From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, please enjoy this podcast edition of Late Night with Seth Meyers. On today's show, Seth talks to Last Week Tonight host John Oliver. But first, a closer look. Donald Trump is very mad that the Supreme Court struck down his tariffs But his administration also scored a huge victory When FBI Director Cash Patel arrested key figures In the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking scandal And whoops, sorry, I read that wrong He was partying in Italy With the U.S. men's hockey team That's always who you want to party with first when you win a championship the director of the FBI. I remember when the Red Sox won the World Series in 2004, and the first person who got a champagne shower was Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. For more on this, it's time for A Closer Look. A lot happened during our two-week Olympic hiatus, but I want to open today by playing a clip from Donald Trump's comments this morning at what C-SPAN described as an event honoring families of victims of foreign criminal organizations, and if you're thinking, oh, if that's what the event was, I'm sure he talked about people shoveling snow in New York. Well, then, you're better at this than I am. You know, the mayor of New York, and he's a very nice person. I met him, but his ideology is not too good. But we're having a massive snowstorm right now, and I heard that he's asked people to come out and help shovel the snow. Okay, so you get a shovel and you start shoveling, right? What the hell? You're not going to help too much, but you can help. What do you mean you're not going to help too? Have you never heard of shoveling snow before? Very surprising, because you dance like you're chipping ice off your windshield. So, that's the first time any of us here saw that. So, Trump may not thrive in winter weather, but as for people who do, Congratulations to our American Winter Olympians, including Jordan Stoltz, the Michaela Schifrin, Alyssa Liu, the men's and women's Olympic hockey teams. For me personally, the highlight was bobsled or Elena Myers-Taylor's win, because I've always said, if a Myers is going to win a gold medal, it sure as hell isn't going to be me. And it sure as hell wasn't going to be in the bobsled. If you want to know how a former Weekend Update anchor would do in the bobsled, please listen to a few seconds of current Weekend Update anchor. Colin Joe screaming during a practice run. Oh! Oh! Oh, . I love that he finally found something scarier than reading a joke Che wrote about his wife. Now, American athletes were well-received in Italy, but American non-athletes were met with a less rosy reception, like J.D. Vance, who appeared onscreen for only a few seconds, but still received what felt like hours' worth of booze. A Winter Olympic gold medal in an individual sport. What an honor for her. There is the vice president, J.D. Vance, and his wife, Usher. Oop. Those are not... Those are a lot of booze for him. Whistling, jeering, some applause. Not a long shot of him on the screen, eh? Booing J.D. Vance is such a reflex, doctors should use it to test your nervous system. All right, just one more thing, Mr. Johnson. Take a quick look at this picture. Boo! All right. See you next year. This administration is so unpopular that seeing the vice president's face is now like a jump scare in a horror movie. Hey, guys, anyone in that creepy shed? Oh, God. Oh, God, what's that noise? Ah! He uses the same eyeliner as Pennywise. Now, it's not surprising to me that Vance would get booed given that he's one of the most unpopular vice presidents in history of polling, but I guess it was a surprise to his boss. I see that the vice president got booed during the opening ceremony, though. What do you make of that sort of frosty... The vice president got booed during the opening ceremony. What do you make of that frosty... Is that chill? Is that... Yeah. It's surprising because people like him. Well, I mean, he is in a foreign country, you know, in all fairness, but he doesn't get booed in this country. Couple fact checks. First, people don't like him. Second, he gets booed a lot in this country. And third, you for sure saw it. You watch more television than any other person alive. You are a human DVR. The T in Tivo stands for Trump. It's very obnoxious if you're wondering what the other three stand for. By the way, I don't know why it's so surprising to you that Vance would get booed, given that pretty much everywhere you go, you get booed. It's a night of drama at the Kennedy Senate. Before the show and during intermission, some other audience members clapped for the president. Others booed him and shouted, felon. Football fans could be heard booing President Trump during his appearance at the Lions and Commanders game. He was there to swear in new military members. Donald Trump ventured out from his Bedminster Golf Club just to get booed at today's FIFA Club World Cup final in New Jersey. The president decided he wanted to attend Sunday's men's singles final. The president of the United States was booed. President Trump met with protesters while dining out in D.C. for the first time. It is such art to find the perfect quiet moment when a crowd is booing to shout, you at the president. They absolutely nailed that one. Perfect execution Can we see the scores from the judges Very well done There you go And if Trump is wondering why he getting booed everywhere the reason is simple He just very very unpopular Trump's net approval rating. Look at all the pre-SOTUS polls, the State of the Union. Look at this. Okay, we're at this point. Look at that. Negative 27 points. My goodness gracious, the snow is up to the knees here in New York City, and Trump seems to be well underneath it at this point. Love the snowstorm tie-in. Was this segment co-sponsored by the Weather Channel? But don't worry, Donald You're in a hole, but you can dig yourself out of it, right? And if you were to dig yourself out of it How would you go about that? So you get a shovel and you start shoveling, right? What the hell? You're not going to help too much Trump is reeling with historically low approval ratings One of the biggest reasons is his massively unpopular tariff policy Which was just dealt a huge blow by the Supreme Court Breaking news, the Supreme Court handing President Trump a major loss ruling. He does not have the power to enact the sweeping tariffs he unveiled last April. A devastating blow to President Trump's economic agenda. The Supreme Court ruling most of his sweeping tariffs are illegal. Trump lashing out at the justices, calling them unpatriotic and disloyal. I was surprised because I thought that what we did was number one, according to, I mean, I read the paragraphs I read very well Great comprehension I read everything There is to read And I said, can't lose this case Man, that's how you know someone's a book lover When they read All the paragraphs The other day I was reading In bed with my wife And when I finished she said, how was it? And I said, I read all the paragraphs Great comprehension The words were all in the right order And I enjoyed the sentences a great deal Sounds like an alien pretending to be a high school sophomore All right, Kevin, tell us about Catcher in the Rye I enjoyed the book It contained many human words printed on the skin of a tree When I was done comprehending all of the paragraphs I consumed the book through my mouth hole Speaking of aliens, Trump also made news over the break When he hinted he would release files Related to the existence of extraterrestrials Last night, President Trump posted online saying he has directed the relevant departments to release files related to alien life and UFOs, explaining that this decision is based on the tremendous interest shown. Oh, that sounds exciting. I'm going to read all of the paragraphs. And if you're wondering why he would release that now, I point you to a clip from this show a few months ago. I honestly think we're one more Epstein story away from Trump just announcing that UFOs are real. And look, look, look I do not have the ability to predict the future But just in case I have magic powers Let me just say, because you know more is coming We're one Epstein story away from Trump saying I don't think I'm good at this job I don't want to do it anymore I'm tired all the time Nobody likes me And on top of that, my hand is so f***ed up, you guys That's why I can't shovel snow. And now we just sit back and wait. Trump's FBI director is partying in Italy while his administration reels from historically terrible approval ratings and a major setback from a Supreme Court that's dominated by his own hand-picked justices. Trump is basically a guy going downhill on a bobsled, screaming... Oh! Oh, s***. This has been A Closer Look. Thank you. Because tonight is the Emmy and Peabody winning host of Last Week Tonight, which airs Sunday nights on HBO and streams on HBO Max, please welcome back to the show our good friend John Oliver! It's very nice to have you back Thank you, Wally Please sit, Wally Oh yeah, thank you We can't have Wally standing during the interviews I've just realized I think Wally spoke there Does that mean you have to pay him? No If Wally wants to talk on his own We don't have to pay him If we write him a line to say, then we have to pay him. Wally, please say hi. No, no, no. Does that count? No, no, no. It has to be written. We were supposed to see each other last night. Yes. We do a monthly residency at the Beacon. Yep. We had one in January. Blizzard canceled. Yes. Rescheduled it for last night. Yep. Blizzard. Canceled. Yeah. We've rescheduled it for March 8th. Look out. I wouldn't even bother turning. I don't know what's going to happen. It'll be a locust swarm of some kind. But all I know is that gig ain't happening. No, no. Yeah, you can bet on it, I imagine, on whatever polymarket we're going to take all your money thing is. There's no way that that gig on March 8th is happening. This is the opposite of trying to sell a gig. Don't bother coming. It's not going to happen. We're supposed to be doing March 8th. I'm lying to your face. See you then. Yeah. Congrats, Season 13. You've done two episodes of your new season. Fantastic. Yeah, I'm kidding. That's all we did. Yeah. And as always, just so cheerful. Oh, yeah, that's right. We just want to be a mirror to the pile of s*** that is the world right now. Look at yourself. Look. Yeah, but it's incredible. And also incredible, I want to congratulate you. I love your many accomplishments. Oh, yeah? I don't like the way you're saying any of those words. Yeah. Well, we appeared on stage not doing stand-up together, but we did an episode of Taskmaster. Yes. Here in New York City. Live Taskmaster Live Taskmaster Yes Here we were actually doing We were competing against each other I was blowing a feather off the table You're blowing the s*** out of that feather Yeah, yeah, thank you While we're talking about words we don't care for You won It was you, me, and three people from the audience Yes And you won I did, yeah That was a rabid audience That was one of the most loving Would you call it a loving audience I would say I mean loving sounds kind of warm friendly and safe This was loving like a cult is loving. Yeah. Like you love it too much. What are you willing to do for the people you love so much? Yeah. That is, yeah, those guys could, it felt to me like kind of Waco before the feds turned up. Yeah. Like David Koresh's best day. That's what it seems like. They have a weird amount of power in this country, the two guys who run that show. Yeah, Greg and Alex. They could do some damage. They also remarked, obviously they've done this in the UK forever, that US audiences are a fair bit more rabid than their UK card cards. Yeah, because it's just naturally, it's much friendlier here. So, like, is it much friendlier, appreciative? People like something, they want to show you how much they like it. But that is, I've been here for 20 years, I still can't get used to people responding like that when you walk out. Yeah. So, I don't like it. I don't care. Did you first recognize it as a young stand-up in New York? Yeah, because I think the thing that's odd for British comedians is you see American comedian specials, and they walk out, and then they walk away from the microphone just to kind of bask in everyone's adulation, and then walk back the other side, just waving to people the non-stop noise. In England, you know you have a finite amount of time to get to that microphone. Because even the biggest stand-up in England knows you've got people sitting there going, you haven't done anything yet. This applause feels unearned. Let's see if I still like you at the end of this. Did you watch the Olympics? Do you care? I do actually like it. I don't understand what I'm watching, but I love the curling. I love the curling because, and I know that this is not a nice thing to say, because everyone who plays a sport is very important to them. It seems so low stakes to me. It just feels like a hobby rather than a competitive sport. So I like the early rounds of it where they're just sending it down. You just hear the... You hear someone yelling in Norwegian. And it just feels so calming. I used to watch it for hours at night. It's like having a white noise machine. Olaf! Olaf! What? What? What? As it got more tense later on, I enjoyed it less once that Canadian guy started poking. Yeah, that was no fun. That was no fun. When a Swedish guy and a Canadian guy fight, you're like, now it's really, there's nothing to hold on to. And he kind of seemed to, like, lean into the bad guy. He was happy to turn heel. Yeah. Like, all the stuff you hear about Canadians, he's going, oh, poker f***ing stone. What are you going to do? What are you going to do? I'll send it on its way. I was just reading before it came out. The CEO of the Canadian Olympic Committee said, yeah, I don't think he cheated. It's like if LeBron James takes four steps. That's cheating! That's cheating, you Canadian! And so I went from... I went from basically loving it, relaxing it, listening to the Norwegians to scream me at a Canadian I don't fundamentally care about. Yeah. So, yeah, I love it. Yeah, yeah, it sounds like it. Was it fun? It was fun to be there. I really loved it. I mean, I'm glad I wasn't at curling. I think curling is probably better on television. Yeah, because you want it mic'd up. You want the sound. Yeah, I think, like, otherwise, it looks like maybe you got there late, and they're just, like, cleaning up. You're like, oh, we missed it. It's like, no, this is, that's it. No, that's it. Olaf spilt his sprite. Shh, shh, shh. Olaf, no. Shh, shh, shh, shh. I will say that the throw, and again, I know that, like, curling fanatics right now hate what we're doing. But, like, the person who throws the rock, like, what a job. You just get to throw it, and then you've got your broom guys. You're like, fix it. Oh, that was a bad one. Fix it. You're right. It's like engulfed. They were, like, industrial founts. Oh, okay. I'll push it towards the hole. That said, I love it. I like it more than any of the other stuff, which I would argue higher skills. Yeah. I think I'd be a pretty, well, no. You know what? I feel like the professional curlers. Yeah, sure. You're saying that. I would love to get the professional curling community to turn on you. Yeah. I mean, let me establish, Les, you think, I don't know. I know they could beat the living ****. I just... I'm not, like, saying, like, I'm stronger or tougher than... I don't want you to be killed. Let me say that first. If you are to be killed, I want there to be a stone next to your head. And just someone who tried to brush the blood off. Do you think... Do you think if they kill you with a stone, it also moves that slowly? And you're like, whoa. There's two other guys. And as you try to run away, they're like, left, left. All right, I got a lot more to ask John right after this. Welcome back, everybody. We're here with John Oliver. You're sort of our unofficial royal correspondent. Yeah. You've been here on some, like, big event. You were here the day after Prince Philip died. Yeah, that's right. Day after the Queen's funeral. Just leave a moment of silence. Oh, sorry. He was a huge fan of this show. He really liked You're Burnt. And the surprise inspections. He loved that. He did like that. Yeah, because that was his. That's what he believed you should do to staff. Exactly. But now Prince Andrew. Yes. Tough run of things. Yeah. Andrew. Sorry, Andrew. Yeah. Oh, that's right. That's right. The Andrew formerly known as Prince. Yeah. He got arrested. Boy, did he get arrested. And now... Yeah, that's right. That's it. I'm so glad it happened. You mentioned this photo on your show last night. Do you think based on this photo, he knows he's been arrested? I think it might be one of the best photos ever taken. I know it's earlier than in the year, but you know towards the end of the year, they do kind of photo of the year, and it's often like a frog leaping off a lily pad. or, you know, an eagle in flights with something in its mouth. Yeah. Sure. Is it going to be better than that Also like he got red eyes It not even everything about it Perfect I would credit to Range Rover as a car They doing something with their windshield that means somehow you can kind of get cameras to shoot the Windsor family at their worst moments. Yeah. So beautifully. That thousand-yard stare with Dr. Evil hands. Yeah. There's nothing I don't love about. He also looks, it's a little bit like a vampire going back into the coffin. You know what I mean? Just like Like they just caught him Wake me an eight It's not the sort of demeanor of a man Who feels like he's got these charges beat That's what's so satisfying about it Because I think what's been so confounding About the Epstein Files Is seeing people who feel they're untouchable Not being touched And I think seeing someone like that In that position is why I love that image so much. I think it's high art. Yeah. To the point that someone... I will say this. I believe someone put this up in the Louvre as well. Yeah, they hung it for 15 minutes before someone noticed. Yeah. So, I think that's where it belongs. I think putting it... I know you're not supposed to put it up. Once it's up there, I think any art historian would say, well, before you take it down, let's discuss... framing and what that image is saying and whether it does belong here. Plus, the Louvre lost a bunch of items in their recent robbery. At the very least, it's tiding them over there. I don't even think... Yeah, if you're the Louvre, I wouldn't even take it down. I'd just wait for someone to steal it if you don't like it. The Louvre's got a lot of filler as well. There's some B-minus art in there. After the winged victory of Samothrace, there's a drop-off. Oh, I have A-man. Wait, how do you feel like, how do you feel his brother has dealt with this? How do you, your king. No, no, no, no, no. Yeah, yeah, former. You were former, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, I think he has, I mean, right up to this point, they've tried to protect him as much as they can, which is like moving him one step further away all the time. Like in photos, he moved further towards the side. They moved him to the Royal Lodge in Windsor, then thought, oh, maybe we'll put him in Norfolk in Sandringham, always a little bit further away. I like that I discovered there's always a slightly worse piece of royal real estate. The only they care about, well, we're really snubbing him now. He's in Sandringham. That's where the history of scoundrels go. There's hardly any pheasants there. Yeah, but he released a statement saying, oh, Andrew Mountbatten has been arrested. Like, oh, let's not Andrew Mountbatten it. You don't get to suddenly say, some dude called Andy got arrested. it's the brother you've been protecting for years uh what about peter mandelson also arrested today and uh you know this is obviously uh you know very damning emails about him uh you know giving information that you would not give uh to somebody uh who was not supposed to have access at the moment it seems like the arrest they're able to make are on these uh minor well not minor they're huge charges but on these charges of forwarding official government documents illegally which can carry big sentences, but it's not the thing we're all angry at them about, but I'll take it. It truly is Al Capone on tax evasion, this. Last thing I want to talk, we've talked over the years about Liverpool, your love of Liverpool. In recent years, not the best season, but you've had some great championship moments. But you also, when you came here, decided to be a Mets fan. Yeah, I did. Because it's the right thing to do. Yeah. I mean, I would say, given a choice of a New York team, you didn't. Yeah, I don't think you pick the Yankees. Yeah. Maybe you do if you just see life a different way. But I chose a thing that I knew would hurt me, and I've not been disappointed. Yeah. And have you passed it on to your children? Yeah, I have. My son at eight loves baseball, loves it so much. It's his favorite thing. He got into it for the first time really significantly last year. Those first ten games. He was so excited by how well it was going. I remember watching his face and thinking, this face is going to change soon. And it did. It did. And then after their third long losing streak, he turned to me and said, are you allowed to change the team that you support? And I looked him in his eyes and said, no. No, you made this choice. You didn't. I pushed this on you, but this is going to be your life now. It's going to be them doing this to you forever. Yeah. As long as they're a franchise, they will do this to you in different ways. Yeah. His favorite play last year was Peter Lonzo. And I knew, I think he's going to be leaving in the summer. And watching him fall in love with this guy, he has a signed ball. And having to go into his room and say, Peter Lonzo's gone to Baltimore. And he said, are you sure I can't be an Orioles fan? We've had this discussion. Did you also say, and he wants the ball back? Well, it's lovely that you found... I never realized how British the Mets are until you... Yeah, they're pretty British. In terms of what they promised you and the understanding that you're going to be marinating in disappointment and the variable joys of different forms of loss, in that sense, it's everything I love about the world. England's team. England's team. Yeah, exactly. Thanks for being here, buddy. Always a pleasure. March 8th, March 8th, I appreciate it We'll have our listeners with you tonight or Sunday Night Live Late Night with Seth Meyers airs weeknights on NBC at 1235, 1135 Central Original music on the Late Night Podcast is by the HE Band Don't forget to follow the handle LateNightSeth on social media and tell your friends to subscribe to the Late Night Podcast wherever they get their podcasts We'll see you next time.
