The late-night reviews are in forTurning Point USA's alternative halftime show.
Jimmy KimmelandJon Stewartboth had a field day on their Feb. 9 shows mocking the conservative organization'sAll-American Halftime Show, which was streamed on YouTube during the Super Bowl to compete with the official versionheadlined by Bad Bunny. The show was meant to appeal to Super Bowl viewers who were unhappy that Bad Bunny was performing in Spanish on the main broadcast, and it was initially set to also stream on X before running into licensing restriction issues there.
On "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," Kimmel described the All-American Halftime Show as a "disaster" that was put together for "angry, 75-year-old grandpas" because "all the snowflakes were so upset they might have to listen to Spanish for eight minutes."
Kimmel also mocked Kid Rock's performance as a "lip-sync battle with himself," observing, "Kid's lips were not exactly in step with Kid's music." The musicianhas acknowledged there wasa "syncing issue" with his performance.
Turning Point Halftime Showset to go head to head with Bad Bunny
"This is what they do: They complain about how bad everything is, and then they do it worse," Kimmel said after playing a clip of Kid Rock performing. He went on to add, "Almost all of the complaints about Bad Bunny were, 'You can't understand what he's saying.' So who do they go to? Kid Rock, an artist whose most popular song is literally gibberish. You think Donald Trump knows what 'Bawitdaba' means?"
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At the same time, Kimmel bemoaned the fact that "we have to take a side" between Kid Rock and Bad Bunny, joking that some of his liberal friends may be exaggerating their love for the latter. "This week, almost every liberal I know, suddenly really into Bad Bunny," he said. "People I've never heard say the words 'bad' or 'bunny' in their lives," he quipped.
Comedian Jimmy Kimmel's late-night talk show, "Jimmy Kimmel Live!", will
resume production after it was pulled off the air Sept. 17, following comments he made in the wake of Charlie Kirk's killing. Kimmel, a frequent critic of Donald Trump, often earned the ire of the president.
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In 2016, Jimmy Fallon interviewed Trump ahead of the election, ruffling the then-candidate's signature orange hair. After the interview received backlash, Fallon said he regretted parts of the interview. In response, Trump took to social media to criticize the "Tonight Show" host, writing: "@jimmyfallon is now whimpering to all that he did the famous 'hair show' with me (where he seriously messed up my hair), & that he would have now done it differently because it is said to have 'humanized' me-he is taking heat. He called & said 'monster ratings.' Be a man Jimmy!"
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"The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart has a history of heated exchanges with Trump.
In 2013, Trump tweeted, "I promise you that I'm much smarter than Jonathan Leibowitz - I mean Jon Stewart @TheDailyShow. Who, by the way, is totally overrated." Stewart is a sharp critic of Trump, often taking aim at the political movement he has created.
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John Oliver, a "Daily Show" alum who now hosts "Last Week Tonight" is also a frequent Trump critic, and feuded publicly with the president over a potential show appearance in 2015.
Oliver said he wasn't interested in having Trump on his show, which Trump responded to on X, writing: "John Oliver had his people call to ask me to be on his very boring and low-rated show, I said 'NO THANKS' Waste of time & energy!" Oliver refuted that report.
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When CBS announced the network was terminating "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" after the 2025-2026 season, Trump took to social media to celebrate.
"I absolutely love that Colbert got fired, his talent was even less than his ratings," the president wrote. Among his late-night peers, Colbert was among Trump's sharpest critics.
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Seth Meyers, the host of "Late Night" on NBC is a frequent critic of Trump and his administration.
The ire, it seems, is mutual, with the president writing previously on social media: "How bad is Seth Meyers on NBC, a 'network' run by a truly bad group of people - Remember, they also run MSDNC. I got stuck watching Marble Mouth Meyers the other night, the first time in months, and every time I watch this moron I feel an obligation to say how dumb and untalented he is, merely a slot filler for the Scum that runs Comcast."
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Jimmy Kimmel, Jon Stewart, see late-night hosts who have beefed with President Trump
Comedian Jimmy Kimmel's late-night talk show, "Jimmy Kimmel Live!", willresume production after it was pulled off the airSept. 17, following comments he made in the wake of Charlie Kirk's killing. Kimmel, a frequent critic of Donald Trump, often earned the ire of the president.After the announcement, Trump urged other networks to do the same. Scroll to see the other late-night talk show hosts that have feuded with the president over the years.
Meanwhile, on "The Daily Show," Stewart sarcastically praised Turning Point for putting on a halftime show "in the King's English," before mocking Kid Rock as "an old man in acid-washed jorts badly [lip-syncing] his way through a pre-taped 'Bawitdaba' performance."
Turning Point'salternative halftime show – How to watch, what to know
Stewart later said it's "pathetic" the way "these people, who control every branch of government, are so triggered by someone singing in Spanish for 20 minutes, they need to create their own safe space alternative halftime show." He pointed to this as an example of how those on the right are behaving like they used to accuse liberals of acting.
"Remember 2017? Remember what you hated about liberals?" he asked. "'Perpetually offended, safe spaces, censoring free speech, culture of victimhood.' Remind you of anyone? 'I can't go 15 minutes without listening to country music. I need a separate show!'"
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