Donald Trump is once again lashing out at Late Night host Seth Meyers — and this time, he has the support of FCC Chairman Brendan Carr.
The past week has seen Meyers take several shots at Trump, poking fun at everything from the president's role in the government shutdown to his former friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Furious with Meyers over the latest indictments, Trump unleashed his rage in a Saturday rant on Truth Social.
"NBC’s Seth Meyers is suffering from an incurable case of Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS)," Trump complained in his post. "He was viewed last night in an uncontrollable rage, likely due to the fact that his 'show' is a Ratings DISASTER. Aside from everything else, Meyers has no talent, and NBC should fire him, IMMEDIATELY!"
Shortly after Trump's post, Carr posted a screenshot of the president's message to his X page with no additional comment.
Entertainment Weekly has reached out to representatives for Meyers and NBC for comment.
Although Carr did not directly address his stance on Meyers, his public co-sign of the president's demand for NBC to fire the late-night host comes just months after he threatened to take action against ABC over remarks by Jimmy Kimmel following the assassination of Charlie Kirk in September. Kimmel's show was subsequently pulled off the air for a week.
Seth Meyers on his show "Late Night with Seth Meyers". Lloyd Bishop/NBC via Getty
The issue began with Carr's Sept. 17 appearance on Benny Johnson’s podcast, where he suggested that there are "remedies we can look at" following Kimmel's remarks about Kirk.
"We can do this the easy way or the hard way," Carr said at the time. "These companies can find ways to change conduct and take action, frankly, on Kimmel, or there’s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead."
Hours later, two major broadcasting stations, Nexstar and Sinclair, pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live from airing on several of their affiliate groups, leading ABC to indefinitely suspend the show. Kimmel was back on the air by Sept. 23.
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