Liberal late-night show hosts Kimmel, Colbert and more dramatically melt down over Trump’s election victory: ‘A terrible night’

The wide late-night hosts put their post-election meltdowns connected afloat show Wednesday evening little than 24 hours aft President-elect Donald Trump’s victory complete Vice President Kamala Harris

Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon greeted their shows pinch akin rehearsed acts — putting connected a clone grin and lamenting astir nan unspeakable nighttime they had because of Trump’s win.

“I spent a batch of clip complete nan past 17 hours reasoning astir what I would opportunity tonight, aliases moreover if location is thing to opportunity tonight, and there’s nothing, goodnight everybody,” Kimmel said stepping disconnected nan stage.

The 56-year-old ABC big returned and called predetermination nighttime “the worst taco Tuesday of my full life” arsenic he said he was figuring retired what happened.

“Those of you who are dislike watching this show correct now wanting to watch maine suffer, you will beryllium happy to cognize that location was nary joyousness successful Mudville past night,” he said.

Kimmel became affectional later connected erstwhile he claimed it was a unsmooth nighttime for respective different groups.

“Let’s beryllium honest, it was a unspeakable nighttime past night,” he said.

“It was a unspeakable nighttime for women, for children, for nan hundreds of thousands of hardworking immigrants who make this state go,” Kimmel said, pausing to conflict backmost tears. “It was a unspeakable nighttime for everyone who voted against him, and conjecture what, it was a bad nighttime for everyone who voted for him too, you conscionable don’t recognize it yet,” he added.

Kimmel baselessly claimed that Trump’s triumph was a bully nighttime for Russian President Vladimir Putin, polio, Silicon Valley billionaires and nan “wriggling encephalon worms who sold their souls to front down to Donald Trump.”

“I’ve been trying to travel up pinch thing positive, nan champion I tin travel up pinch is we’ve been done this erstwhile earlier and yes this clip it’s probably gonna beryllium worse, possibly a batch worse,” Kimmel said.

“I’m disappointed, I cognize a batch of you are too. I thought commonsense would prevail. I’m truthful stupid, I ever deliberation it’s gonna but for a batch of group this conscionable isn’t important. It’s not precocious connected their list.”

Follow on pinch The Post’s sum of nan 2024 election

• Donald Trump wins 2024 statesmanlike election, defying nan likelihood again
• Kamala Harris tells supporters it’s ‘going to beryllium OK’ aft blowout predetermination loss, casts herself arsenic Democratic leader successful defiant concession speech
• Biden issues first comments connected Kamala Harris’ loss, praises her ‘integrity, courage’ — calls her ‘best determination I made’
• How America rejected nan lies of Trump’s leftist foes and returned him to nan White House
• 2024 statesmanlike predetermination plaything states unrecorded representation –– spot really Trump, Harris are faring successful important states
• How Kamala Harris killed nan personage endorsement: Parading A-listers alternatively of policies was ever a look for disaster

Late Night pinch Seth Meyers

NBC’s Meyers revealed that he had voted for Harris, sarcastically quipping that cipher knew which campaigner he had supported successful nan weeks earlier nan election.

The 50-year-old “SNL” alum said predetermination nighttime felt for illustration it was going to beryllium Christmas Eve — either Santa near you presents nether nan character Christmas Morning, aliases “just took a immense dump successful your fireplace.”

“I don’t deliberation Donald Trump’s a bully person. I will moreover spell arsenic acold arsenic saying he’s a bad person. Now successful my defense, I’m only basing that connected everything that I’ve ever been taught astir what makes personification bully aliases bad,” Meyers said.

“This is existent and this is thing I accept. Half nan state thinks he is simply a bully personification aliases that don’t attraction that he’s not and thinks he’s a bully president. And because of that he’s going to beryllium our president again,” he added.

Meyers calm demeanor didn’t past agelong arsenic he group up his “A Closer Look” conception into nan 2024 Presidential Election.

“Well, Donald Trump has won nan 2024 predetermination and will beryllium president again for 4 much years, aliases 8 aliases 12 aliases whatever,” he said maniacally laughing.

“We unrecorded successful an infinite time-warp wherever Donald Trump has ever been and will ever beryllium nan halfway of nan universe. There tin beryllium nary escape, each hail our powerful and benevolent ultimate leader,” Meyers said.

CBS big Colbert’s opening on nan “Late Show” began pinch a much somber attack arsenic he said straight into nan camera successful beforehand of a silent audience.

“Hey there, really are you doing?” Colbert began his show. “If you watch this show regularly I’m guessing you’re not doing great. Yeah, maine neither.”

The “Late Show” big retold an brushwood wherever personification apologized to him for having to do a show nan time aft nan election, but Colbert brushed it disconnected saying he “gets to do a show today.”

Colbert focused connected telling group to not beryllium unsocial during “times for illustration this” and that he was gladsome to beryllium doing a “comedy show.”

“No 1 gets into this business because everything successful their life worked retired great,” nan 60-year-old said. “So we’re built for unsmooth roads.”

Colbert transitioned into nan “cold open” displaying respective different broadcasts from predetermination nighttime sum earlier mocking nan different reactions of Trump’s triumph from astir nan world.

Fallon, however, relied heavy connected inexpensive one-liners and seemingly forced laughs from nan crowd during his opening of “The Tonight Show,” connected NBC.

“Well guys past nighttime America decided to get backmost pinch a crazy ex and elite Donald Trump arsenic nan 47th President of nan United States,” Fallon said. “No matter who you voted for I deliberation we tin each work together that it’s going to beryllium a unsmooth Thanksgiving.”

“It was a reliable nighttime for Democrats, coming they turned to Elon Musk ‘so show maine much astir surviving connected Mars, really adjacent are we,” nan 50-year-old quipped.

Fallon besides joked it was a large nighttime for some Donald Trump and Don Julio.