‘SNL’ Alum Jon Lovitz Blasts Late-Night Talk Show Hosts For ‘Left-Wing’ Politics

Former Saturday Night Live star Jon Lovitz blasted late-night hosts Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel and Seth Meyers for continuing to push a leftist political agenda during their shows.

While he admitted that hosts like these should have the freedom to talk about whatever they want, he still believed that these shows have become more political over time. He specifically focused on how divisive these shows have become ever since the Trump era.

“I don’t like it. I don’t like it,” the SNL alum told Fox News. “They were comedy shows. And now, except for Jimmy Fallon, they’ve all become very political. And for me, it’s just – it’s too much.” 

“I mean, Johnny Carson would, you know, he would do two or three jokes about whoever was president then or what was going on then and that was it. But they were entertainment shows,” he continued. “I know all those guys. And they’re very nice guys. Very talented. I know Seth. I know Stephen Colbert. I know Jimmy Kimmel. I think they’re funny, you know. But when they started doing the political stuff, like, so one-sided, it’s like – and that’s all it is, the whole thing, it’s just like, that’s not the shows that I used to go on. You know, it was The Tonight Show and David Letterman.”

Lovitz remembered how whenever he appeared on Late Night on David Letterman, it felt like a comedy show in the form of a talk show.

He also recollected how the interviews had a routine-like structure so that David Letterman could focus on his guests.

“It’s their show. They can do whatever they want. But you’re asking me, do I like it, and I’m like, no,” Lovitz said. “If I want the news, I’ll watch the news. I’m not watching those shows. They’re late-night entertainment, but it’s all political, except for Jimmy Fallon. And they keep getting mad at Jimmy. ‘Why don’t you go into politics?’ Because he’s doing a silly, like, escapism entertainment show.”

The veteran comedian emphasized that other hosts like Colbert and Kimmel have just been putting politics before comedy.

“They just hammer it to death… they’ve become. ‘Here’s my political agenda.’ They’re very open about it,” Lovitz mentioned. “And I’m like, well, all right. I have no say in that. It’s their show, you know. But I don’t particularly – I don’t like that they’ve become that because where are the comedians and the stand-up and the bits, you know, like Letterman? It was comedy.”