The Bravo Machine Won Late Night This Week

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Seth Meyers highlighted a particularly strange moment this week: Kash Patel claiming the U.S. Olympic men’s hockey team were his friends. While everyone focused on the drama surrounding the team’s access issues, Meyers pointed out the oddity of Patel’s claim, which doesn’t seem to be true. It was a keen observation that most people missed.

Interestingly, Late Night offered the sharpest commentary, despite the show recently returning from vacation and delivering a particularly weak batch of jokes. You’d expect comedians to be at their best after some time off, but this week’s jokes were surprisingly bad – largely thanks to puns from Scollins. It’s always interesting to see the creative process behind comedy, and it makes the really good jokes even more enjoyable.

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Ben McKenzie Gets Heated on The Daily Show

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Ryan Atwood, a character from the TV show The O.C. (2004), famously said, “You know what I like about rich kids? Nothing.” Interestingly, the actor who played him, Ben McKenzie, said the same thing in 2026 while publicly criticizing cryptocurrency. McKenzie’s recent promotional tour for his book, Everyone Is Lying to You for Money, has been quite a spectacle, largely because of his strong aversion to crypto. He seems genuinely offended by it, similar to how he jokingly disputed his height with Matt Damon. For Michael Kosta, landing Ryan (McKenzie) to talk about the downsides of crypto was a major success, especially considering Kosta’s own advocacy for alternative energy this Earth Day.

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Dildos, Dildos, Dildos

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John Oliver recently grabbed headlines in a very unusual way: by having a shower of sex toys thrown at him. To disrupt predictions about his show’s ratings, Oliver ended his opening monologue on Last Week Tonight with a playful barrage of dildos. The moment became truly memorable because it was clear his staff had enthusiastically launched them at him. One exhausted researcher throwing a toy at Oliver felt like a release of tension, reminiscent of the time Krusty the Clown asked someone to walk on his back.

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The Daily Show Takes Inventory of Our Current Political Moment

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We should all be thankful for Ronny Chieng and the team at The Daily Show. They’re the only ones really highlighting the bizarre reality TV personalities who are running for office this year. The Daily Show has pointed out truly frightening candidates from across the political spectrum – like the obnoxious Luke Gulbranson from Summer House, the aggressively anti-communist Spencer Pratt from The Hills, and even sideline reporter Michele Tafoya. They all ended up facing tough questions and criticism from The Daily Show.

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Jorma Takes Us to Awesometown

Jorma Taccone and Seth Meyers, known for their hilarious chemistry on The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast, recently shared a funny story on their show. Jorma revealed that his first name has a surprising meaning in Finnish – apparently, it now translates to “huge hog”! He explained that wasn’t the meaning when he was given the name. It’s clear they have a great friendship, allowing them to turn a potentially awkward story into a hilarious late-night moment. This ability to make anyone comfortable and funny is something Meyers seems to excel at, especially with people from their Saturday Night Live days.

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Andy Cohen Is Giving (Enough Rope)

Watch What Happens Live is essential for understanding the personalities of Bravo TV stars, and it’s a key source for memorable reality TV moments like Scandoval and the drama surrounding ‘Scamanda’. It also provides a platform for these stars to reveal why they often create conflict. For example, on the show, Real Housewives of Rhode Island star Alicia Carmody described a car incident, and her explanations actually made her situation look worse and worse – it was compelling television! Hopefully, the upcoming Summer House reunion will deliver equally revealing and dramatic moments.

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2026-04-24 18:54