I wasn’t surprised when Fox News brought pardoned felon George Santos on to the network to kiss Donald Trump’s ring. Giving Santos a free space to promote his Cameo to fund his Botox isn’t a shock for a network that capitalizes off of softening and celebrating Republican harm. I was a little shocked, though, that the world of late-night television would embrace the fraudster so completely.
But they most certainly did.
On The Late Show, Colbert took aim at Trump calling the pardoned wire fraudster and identity thiever a “rogue.”
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“He’s not a rogue,” Colbert said. “He’s a criminal!” Colbert then launched into an impersonation of Trump that took on a defensive position of Jack the Ripper. It was decent. “Santos had been in one of those cushy prisons, but that didn’t stop him from pretending that he’s the victim here,” Colbert continued.
“He kept a diary where he wrote, ‘Wearing a fluorescent yellow jumpsuit that made me feel like a caution sign in human form. That image, me, hollow-eyed, clad, and state-issued polyester, hit me like a punch to the gut,’” Colbert read. “Yes. Yes, that is the worst part of being in prison, the fashion. Who can forget Nelson Mandela’s memoir, Long Walk to Nordstrom?”
Over on The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon made a quick joke about Santos in the first few minutes of his monologue. “George Santos is released from prison on Friday and the Louvre gets robbed on Sunday. Coincidence? I don’t want to put it out there, but I did.”
Then, later in the segment, Jon Lovitz revived his Santos impression, which he used to do on Fallon relatively often. “A lot of people are still talking about Trump’s decision to commute the sentence of former lying New York Congressman George Santos,” Fallon explained. “Well, you guys, here actually to talk about it, who’s with us tonight, joining us via satellite, please welcome George Santos.”
“Hello, James. Hmmm. It’s great to be on your show,” Lovitz’s pretty unconvincing Santos remarks. “By the way, I’m loving your monologue. And you know I never lie. Ha!”
The bit was made worse but more authentic by Lovitz filming in what appeared to be a steak-house dining booth from the 1980s. He was also backlit in a way the real Santos would never be; the true fraudster knows the power of a ring light.
“I find the president so wise and stunningly handsome,” Lovitz’s Santos continued. “Forgiveness is the only path forward, you know, Jimmy. I learned that from my great-great-grandfather, Jesus.”
I know that a gay Republican who was pardoned by Trump and who loves television and fraud is fertile soil for comedy — even Weekend Update couldn’t resist making a few cracks — but I hope everyone practices restraint on giving endless airtime to a man who uses every second of that airtime to further his own financial goals at the expense of everyone else.
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