Seth takes a closer look at President Biden announcing that the U.S. is working toward a ceasefire in Gaza while also sending the nation into a full-blown constitutional crisis by eating ice cream.
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Fox News Melts Down After Biden Eats Ice Cream with Seth, Talks Gaza Ceasefire: A Closer Look - Late Night with Seth Meyers
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-President Biden announced
that the U.S. is working towards
a cease-fire in Gaza that could come
as soon as Monday, but he also sent the nation into a full-blown
constitutional crisis by eating ice cream with me. [ Laughter ] For more on this,
it’s time for "A Closer Look." No, wait.
"A Closer Lick." [ Cheers and applause ] Yeah, finally used it. So, you guys, a weird thing
happened to me on Monday. We had President Biden
on our anniversary show. We asked him some questions.
We made some jokes.
It was a nice time,
then after the show, he asked me to go downstairs
with him to get ice cream, and I said, "Sure, why not?" It was our show’s anniversary.
I was in a celebratory mood. Plus, my wife doesn’t like it
when I have dairy after 5:00. But when the President asks... [ Laughter ] A few hours later, I get home, sit down on the couch,
and relax by doing what all Americans
do to relax. I turn on cable news,
and I was flabbergasted, dumbstruck, one might
even say agog, to see this
on my tel
evision screen. -Seth Meyers stepped
into an ice cream shop with none other
than President Biden. -The President and Meyers
stopped by an ice cream shop. -The President enjoying
an ice cream cone there with Seth Meyers. -He did grab an ice cream cone
with Seth Meyers. -The president made
a spontaneous announcement at an ice cream shop
after he had taped a segment with the late-night host
Seth Meyers, which is why you see him
standing by his side. -Seth Meyers and President Biden
had ice cream wh
ile talking about the war
in the Middle East. -The President of United States answered very serious
questions about Israel, for example, while licking
an ice cream cone. -Holding an ice cream --
I know. I was like, "It’s melting.
This is weird." But he got asked the question.
He answered the question. -It was really strange.
Yeah, really strange. -You think it was
strange for you? I was standing
right next to him. Usually I’m the one
taking closer looks at the news. Now I’m in the news,
which me
ans it’s time to take a closer look at... myself. [ Echoing ] For more on this... Shame on me, by the way, for forgetting
the first rule of comedy. When the Middle East comes up,
put your ice cream cone down. [ Laughter ] Seriously, cameraman, you didn’t
want to help a brother out and frame the shot
a little tighter? Never before in my life has the
"Curb Your Enthusiasm" music been louder in my head
than during this moment. -We’re close, we’re close.
It’s not done yet. [ "Curb Your Enthusiasm" t
heme
plays ] [ Applause ] -By the way, this is
not the first time this
has happened to me. Eagle-eyed students of history
will also note that I was eating ice cream
next to Ronald Reagan when he made his
"Tear down this wall" speech. I was standing next to
Nikita Khrushchev at the UN during the Cold War. And I was there at the signing of the Declaration
of Independence. I’m the reason
for the famous chocolate smudge. Seriously, you try
exhibiting gravitas next to the President
of the United Stat
es while licking
some honeycomb ice cream surrounded by a group
of strangers. You know, at least,
to my credit, I had a very suave,
super-charming icebreaker for all the customers
in the ice cream shop. Hi. How are you?
-Hi. -Nice to see you guys. See? See, I don’t need writers. [ Laughter ] But you know what? Fine.
So what? So what? So I was in the news for
solemnly licking some ice cream. At least it wasn’t global news. -Let’s just have a listen
to what Joe Biden had to say yesterday while out
filming in New York
with Seth "Mayer." -Seth Mayer?
Well, the hits keep on coming. Who is Seth Mayer? You’re making me sound like the
less cool brother of John Mayer. While John Mayer
shreds onstage, Seth Mayer stands off
to the side eating ice cream. Makes small talk
with the audience. You guys like music, too? [ Laughter ] And apparently
it’s not just the U.K. where I didn’t make
much of an impression. One pro-Trump pundit
wrote on Twitter... He’s not by himself! I’m standing right there! I’m
Seth [bleep] Mayer,
and I deserve some respect. Of course -- [ Cheers and applause ] Of course, the setting
was not nearly as significant as the substance
of what Biden said when a reporter asked him
about the possibility of an imminent cease-fire
in Gaza. -Well, I hope by the beginning
of the weekend. I mean the end of the weekend. At least my -- my national
security adviser tells me that we’re close. We’re close.
It’s not done yet. And my hope is by next Monday,
we’ll have a cease-fire. -Don’
t frame me up. [ Laughter ] The worst part of that clip
was when the camera panned back to me
holding my [bleep] ice cream. There’s nowhere to put it. [ Laughter ] The whole time I was
watching that, I was thinking to myself,
"Please stay on Biden. Please stay on Biden.
Please stay on Biden. Ah! God damn it!" You might say,
"Why didn’t you look where the camera was pointing?" I couldn’t get caught
looking into the lens. I already felt like I was in
an episode of "Curb" and "Veep." I didn’t want
to do
a Jim Halpert look into the camera, too. [ Laughter ] [ Applause ] No, I will say, as I was
listening in the moment, I was thinking to myself,
"I really hope he’s right about an imminent cease-fire." In fact, I hope it comes
as soon as possible, because as far as I can tell, the only way
out of this nightmare is an immediate,
lasting cease-fire and the safe return
of all hostages. In the meantime,
Axios reports that... Wait, why until mid-March? Shouldn’t we always be abiding
by internatio
nal law? I’m no legal scholar, but my understanding
of international law is that, much like ice cream,
it’s available all year-round. There are no exceptions.
It’s not alternate-side parking. I’ve never seen a sign
that says... So agree or disagree,
there was plenty of substance to chew over from Biden’s
appearance on her show Monday, but the right
seemed laser-focused on what was clearly much more
important to them, the ice cream. -Something else that
was kind of funny tonight, to see President
Biden at
the ice cream shop in New York, where he was fundraising and
taping a late-night comedy show. -Forgive me, Bret,
but I’m shaking my head at that. Consider the optics --
a major news announcement, nearing a cease-fire, while getting ice cream
with Seth Meyers. There’s something
wrong with that. -That’s what he said while
he was eating ice cream there, that ice cream cone,
which, if that’s true, that is a major
policy announcement that typically you wouldn’t make with ice cream
in your r
ight hand. -You know
who lights up for ice cream? Children and the elderly. -You know, in between slurps
of his ice cream cone, Forrest Gump is, like, starting
to exhaust me with all of this. I personally am sick and tired of hearing about how much
he loves ice cream. -Okay, first of all,
he wasn’t slurping, because slurping makes a sound and all I could hear
was my heart pounding and the ice cream slowly
dripping onto my cone hand. Also, Biden’s not Forrest Gump
in that situation. I am! I’m the
one standing
next to a world leader not knowing why I’m there and wishing I was just
playing Ping-Pong. He not the Gump.
I the Gump. It’s like my mama always said,
"You guys like ice cream, too?" [ Laughter ] I didn’t know. I didn’t know if they liked it. And I wanted to ask. [ Laughter ] They were tourists. I wanted to be like,
"If you don’t, go elsewhere." And I also know Biden
isn’t Forrest Gump because unlike Gump,
Biden doesn’t run. He’s more of a shuffler,
you know. Still more than Donald
Trump
is capable of. That man can’t run or shuffle. If we ever invited him
on this show, we wouldn’t even
make it to the couch. He'd just wander in circles
until he forgot where he was and just give up. Besides, I would never
invite Trump on this show because, "A,"
it would be pointless and, "B," what would
we eat afterwards? There’s no KFC in 30 Rock. [ Laughter ] And if there was, the CNN
headline would probably say... By the way,
I agree it’s not ideal to make serious announcements
while eat
ing ice cream, but in fairness,
he was already eating ice cream, and then they asked him
the question. If the question had been,
"Do you like sprinkles?" that would have been
a [bleep] insane answer. So Fox was mad
about the ice cream, but no one was more upset
than Fox host Jesse Watters. -A grown man,
especially the President, should not be licking
ice cream in public. -Yeah, a grown man shouldn’t
lick ice cream in public. They should be
at the Iowa State Fair glory-holing a corndog. [ Laughte
r, applause ] Adult stuff. You know what?
You’re right. Grown adults should never
eat ice cream in public. And Fox News would never
do something so embarrassing. -It is National Ice Cream Day,
and we are celebrating with a sweet setup
on Fox Square. We’re joined
by president and CEO of Friendly’s restaurant,
Craig Erlich. Craig, good morning to you.
Happy National Ice Cream Day. -Thank you so much.
We have our Cone Head sundae. We have our Monster Mash sundae.
We have our regular sundae. We have
our Jim Dandy sundae.
Everybody loves the Jim Dandy. And then my favorite
are the Fribbles. And in celebration
of our birthday, we’re giving away free Fribbles. -Okay, first of all,
in fairness, I only knew about that clip
because I was there, too. I mean, guys, it’s right
across the street. I heard about the free ice cream and I said,
"To hell with politics. I’m going to get myself
a Fribble." Fine.
That’s just "Fox & Friends." They do stuff like that
all the time. Surely no Republican preside
nt
would ever be caught dead in an ice cream shop. -Donald Trump makes a visit
to Carvel Ice Cream in Westwood, and his fans are delighted
by the sweet surprise. [ Crowd cheering ] -Trump stopped
by a nearby Dairy Queen following his campaign pitch. He was greeted
by chants of "USA!" as he handed out
Blizzard ice cream treats. -You were at a Dairy Queen and you couldn’t wager a guess
as to what a Blizzard might be? At least when they asked Biden if he wanted a cup or a cone,
he didn’t say, "I do
n’t know what either
of those [bleep] things are." This is the same sort
of performative outrage the right-wing media's
specialized for years now. They don’t care
if their hypocrisy is shameless and transparent. Maybe next time
Trump is on Fox News, they can ask him
a hard-hitting question like... [ Laughter ] This has been "A Closer Lick." [ Cheers and applause ] Hey, everybody, thanks
for watching "A Closer Look." And as a reminder,
my brother Josh and I have started a new podcast called "Fami
ly Trips
with the Meyers Brothers." We hope you listen.
We hope you like it. We’ll see you soon.
Comments
Crying with laughter as I make the kids' lunches here in the UK. You're an international treasure Seth!
Wait I was there! I'm the one at 1:10 with the long hair and white sweater. I had tickets for Late Night and wasn't able to get in because they were at max capacity so my mom and I walked around nearby and stopped in for ice cream instead. We literally waited there for two hours because I had a hunch that Biden would stop by (there were lots of NYPD and Secret Service in and around the ice cream shop lol). We were the only actual customers there; LNSM pulled five people from the audience to be customers (a father/son and then a Canadian trio consisting of a couple and the guy's mom). I was standing off-camera and the Canadian girl and I exchanged looks like "wtf lol" to each other when the reporter brought up the topic cause it was just such a weird situation to be in.
“I’m Seth bleepin’ Mayer and I deserve some respect!!!” I can’t breathe! 😂
Complaining about Biden eating ice cream is the equivalent of Obama wearing a tanned suit or asking for Dijon mustard.
"POTUS licking ice-cream while answering questions about Israel next to Seth Meyers" is definitely a sentence nobody ever thought they would see lol
This is one of the best segments Seth has ever done, and goddamn that is a very high bar! Well done, Mr Mayer
We made ships in WWII specifically to make ice cream for the troops. Like 600,000 gallons of ice cream per ship. Ice cream is just a thing for that generation…
“Glory-holing a corn dog” -whoever wrote that line deserves a raise. 😂
This is now officially my favorite episode ever. "Do you like ice cream too" made me wheeze 😂
You can tell that the writers had an absolute field day with this episode!
Imagine the outrage by Fox if Biden filled the Oval Office with McDonalds take-out.
Seth roasting himself is a work of art
That photo of Seth eating ice cream NEEDS to be a running joke from now on, it's amazing. 😂😂
Now that’s how you deflate an issue. Head on, and with humor. Well done Mr. Meyer.
Noticed, how with Fox, the GOP and conservatives in general, it's always about what people SHOULDN'T do?
I am so tickled by this. I can’t stop laughing at you laughing at yourself. This is Life!!
A Closer Lick 😂 This is why I love Seth and his crew. The humility of being able to roast yourself is what the world needs
One thing I love about Seth is that he is always 5 steps ahead of the Jackals. He meme'd himself so many times in that segment that he passed it right through zeigeist into derivative straight to cringe and back into nothing in under 12 minutes. The man is a genius!
Seth, you are amazing. Handling this whole awkward situation with grace and comedy. A shining example of how to laugh at yourself while simultaneously bringing perspective to a situation.
Seth standing everywhere with his ice cream with a blank look on his face has to become a meme. I can see him in movies, historical and sport events and much more.