Seth Meyers and Trevor Noah both discussed Sean Spicer’s resignation and the introduction of the much-ridiculed Anthony Scaramucci

Late-night hosts discussed Sean Spicer’s resignation and the whirlwind of events that have followed the hiring of the new White House communications director, Anthony Scaramucci.

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On The Late Show, Stephen Colbert spoke about Spicer leaving, quipping: “He wanted to spend more time not answering his family’s questions.”

He moved on to the controversial hiring of Scaramucci, who he described as a “former hedge fund manager and lawyer whose ad is above the urinal” before likening his introduction as a character in Trumpworld to “adding Scrappy Doo or Chachi to Happy Days”.

Scaramucci was under fire for arguably sexist comments about the incoming press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and hair and makeup. In response, Colbert said: “He’s going to fit in with the Trump administration just fine.”

Many also ridiculed Scaramucci for how overly effusive he was about Trump during his first press briefing. “I saw this guy win a game of Connect 4 with just three pieces,” Colbert joked.

On The Daily Show, Trevor Noah also spoke about Scaramucci, who said he wanted Trump to show people even more of his true self. “Who watches Donald Trump and thinks ‘Man, if only he could come out of his shell’?” Noah joked.

Noah said Scaramucci would be in the position “for at least a month” before joking that “Trump’s plan to crack down on Wall Street is just to move Wall Street into the White House”.

Noah then played conflicting footage of what Trump, Scaramucci and Trump’s lawyer Jay Sekulow had to say about rumored pardons within the administration. “I love this White House so much,” Noah said. “You know, most presidents would try to get their team all on the same page but Trump has his team try every page.”

Scaramucci also tweeted that he was deleting older tweets that saw him criticizing Trump, claiming he was being fully transparent by telling people. “I’m not sure how that works but that’s not full transparency,” Noah said. “For normal people, full transparency would be keeping the tweets.”

But he added: “Who could represent Donald Trump better than a guy willing to abandon all of his previous positions if it gets him into the White House?”

On Late Night, Seth Meyers started off by covering Spicer’s resignation. “I’m guessing [it’s] so he can spend more time with the bushes outside the White House,” he said.

Meyers brought up a story that leaked about Spicer wanting a mini-fridge for his office and ultimately stealing one from another room at the White House. “Working for Trump is like doing crack cocaine,” he said. “At first, it must be an amazing high but then your life falls apart and you start stealing appliances.”



Meyers moved onto Scaramucci, someone he described as both “a human pinkie ring” and “the human embodiment of a double-parked BMW”.

He did give him credit in one area though – “lavishing praise on Donald Trump” –before playing footage of Scaramucci blowing a kiss to the press as he exited the stage.

“The Mooch gave us a smooch after Spicey screwed the pooch,” he joked.

There was also discussion of news that Trump is seeking pardons for his family and himself in reference to any possible collusion with Russia. “At this rate, Trump is going to get impeached and resign in time to be on the next season of Dancing with the Stars,” Meyers said.