Last week’s late-night stunt — a cross-show reunion of Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel and Seth Meyers — was less comedy than a coordinated political taunt, with hosts openly ganging up to mock President Trump on prime-time stages. They traded jabs and worked the crowd into predictable outrage, proving once again that late-night has become a theater for liberal grievance rather than the salt-of-the-earth humor Americans used to enjoy. The whole spectacle was packaged as a righteous stand, but Americans watching on break rooms and kitchen tables saw something else: privileged entertainers piling on a man who, for millions, stood up to the status quo.
What makes the showmanship worse is the backdrop: Jimmy Kimmel faced an actual suspension and broadcast partners quietly pulled programming during the dust-up, feeding the narrative that networks will buckle under political pressure. The hosts cried censorship while celebrating retaliation; it was a bizarre display of self-victimization that only highlights how media elites weaponize their platforms. Ordinary Americans who pay the bills and live paycheck to paycheck are rightly tired of this performative morality play from people who live paycheck to golden parachute.
That is precisely why Greg Gutfeld and his Gutfeld! panel called out the late-night bubble for what it is: insulated, entitled, and out of touch with the real concerns of working families. On Fox, the panel ripped into the idea that the suffering of a few celebrity comedians should dominate the national conversation when voters care about wallets, safety, and freedom. It’s refreshing — and patriotic — to hear conservatives push back against the court jesters of the media who think their clout equals common sense.
Fox’s clip, featuring panelist Tyrus scoffing at the late-night posse as yet another elite club nobody outside their echo chamber cares about, captured a necessary truth: cultural elites mistake their outrage for the voice of America. These folks parade their mockery on stage and expect applause; instead they get yawns from hard-working Americans who see through the act. If networks and hosts want to remain relevant, they should stop living in celebrity anger and start listening to voters who actually keep this country running.
The double standard is glaring. When conservative commentators question the media or the left, they’re smeared as dangerous; when late-night comedians attack a sitting political figure while cozying up to corporate power, it’s framed as free speech and virtue. Gutfeld’s rise is no accident — viewers are hungry for honest commentary that doesn’t pander to Hollywood publicists or censor dissenting thought. It’s time for Americans to reward shows that tell the truth and punish the plantations of performative progressivism that have dominated our airwaves for decades.
For patriotic Americans who value liberty and common sense, this isn’t just entertainment — it’s culture war. The late-night elites can keep their smug crossovers and sympathetic think pieces; the rest of the country will keep focusing on prosperity, security, and the rule of law. If the media wants to survive the coming reckoning, it will stop celebrating mockery as journalism and start treating the American people with the respect they deserve.
Make no mistake: laughter built on political tribalism erodes trust and deepens divisions, and the answer is not to silence comedians but to hold media institutions accountable for abandoning objectivity. Conservatives will keep calling out hypocrisy and defending free speech from all angles — including from late-night stages when those stages become little more than political podiums. The message from hardworking Americans is clear: enough with the elite tantrums; get back to real issues, or watch your audiences walk out the door.
