According to Deadline, Seth Meyers (Saturday Night Live) host of NBC’s Late Night gives praise to Los Angeles firefighters and emergency workers who have been working nonstop to handle and put out the fire currently engulfing the city. On Thursday during his “A Closer Look” segment of his show, Meyers said, “It’s a harrowing tragedy of unimaginable devastation, and we, first and foremost, want to send our thoughts and our love to everyone who’s been affected.”
He added, “The images are surreal. The loss is incalculable, but in the face of that loss, friends and neighbors and strangers alike are banding together to help one another. The bravery of firefighters and emergency workers has been second to none. No firefighter should ever have to pay for a beer or, because it’s L.A., a matcha smoothie ever again. The kindness and compassion and resourcefulness and solidarity on display have been nothing short of breathtaking and awe inspiring.”
As per Deadline, afterward, during his talk show, Meyers turned to talking about a regular enemy Donald Trump. The talk show host crack down on the what soon to be president siad about the tragedy. Trumped blamed California Gov. Gavin Newsom and a made-up document – the Water Restoration declaration – as well as fish.
“Trump is lying about water, this time, the water that brave firefighters are using to battle the wildfires,” Meyers said. “The firefighters are doing courageous work. And then there’s the President-elect, who has decided to chime in, not to help, but to spread bullsh*t that will just make the emergency response more difficult.”
According to Deadline, other talk show hosts, including Desi Lydic (Awkward) from The Daily Show and Stephen Colbert (The Colbert Report) from The Late Show, also spoke about the fires in Los Angeles.
Lydic said ,“The story dominating the news right now is the Los Angeles wildfires. There’s been so many challenges as L.A. workers try to control these fires, like water shortages and manpower shortages, but there’s one thing that we have an endless supply of: good old fashioned, made in America, blame. Of course, one of the country’s leading blame producers is Donald Trump.”
She added, “For the record, no, the L.A. fires have nothing to do with smelt. But in Trump’s defense, words are hard, and smelt only has one syllable, while climate change has three.”
Lydic also spoked fun at the Republican response to the fires, blaming diversity hiring policies. “Women can’t be firefighters? They let dogs be firefighters,” she joked.
Colbert provided information on resources that people can who have been affected can use. He said “We know that people of Los Angeles are resourceful, and kind and are doing everything they can to help one another and we here want to send our love and concern to all of the residents of L.A. who are facing what is being described as the most destructive fire in the city’s history.”