Jimmy Kimmel, Roseanne Barr and Stephen Colbert spread Trump fatigue
If her Golden Globes speech hadn't sparked speculation that she may try to be the Democratic nominee for president in 2020, then critics might not have asked every comedian here their thoughts about her possible run against
At a Monday session for his return as the Oscar host in March,
"Given the choice between
"We would have to call her 'President Winfrey,' also. You realize that? We really have to start using the word 'Winfrey,' a lot, which I don't know if we're prepared for that as a country."
A few hours later, another woman known by her first name, Roseanne, had her Trump moment. Roseanne actually now uses her last name of Barr. Her old sitcom "Roseanne" is returning in late March on
She wasn't happy with all the Trump questions that were sparked because the pilot of the new version of her show depicts her character as a Trump supporter, as she is in real life.
Roseanne tried to deflect the questions to creator
"I said, and I'll say it again, my show has always attempted to portray a realistic portrait of the American people and of working class, you know working-class people," said Barr. "And, in fact, it was working-class people who elected Trump. So I felt that, yeah, that was very real, and something that needed to be discussed. And especially about polarization in the family, and people actually hating other people for the way they voted, which I feel is not American. And so I wanted to bring it right down the middle, and we did."
At that point, I wondered, where is a fact-checker when you need one? Multiple news organizations have reported that the idea that working-class people elected Trump is a myth.
It wasn't long before Roseanne asked what she thought about
"Well, if I was Roseanne, I'd probably vote for her," said Helford. "How do you feel? Roseanne, you love
"I do love
When a reporter followed up and asked what she thought of actress
"Actually, I think I would be a better president than
That throwaway line about her being a better president actually made news, even though Roseanne might have been kidding. After all, it often is hard to tell when she is serious.
A few hours before
Colbert, who overtook
"I think
"I'm not joking. The great thing about the Trump administration is whatever you imagine, you're right. Everything else is a lie. So we treat this like it's a documentary crew that's able to go into the
A critic asked Colbert if he had concerns the show would be normalizing or "cute-ifying" the president.
"No, I don't think we're complimenting him by making a cartoon out of him. And I don't think there's anything normal about his behavior as a cartoon," said Colbert. "And I think that the subjects we're picking are dark enough that they reflect the stakes of truly cartoonish behavior in the actual
Unlike me, Colbert also isn't worried about Trump fatigue.
"I don't want to hang out with him," said Colbert. "But he's the president of
I love Colbert. But the Trump fatigue has gotten so tiresome that I'd most likely vote for Roseanne as president before I'd watch the animated president more than once.
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