VIDEO: Late Night Hosts Have a Field Day with Melania Trump's RNC Speech
By: Caryn Robbins Jul. 20, 2016
The backlash from Melania Trump's speech Monday night at the Republican National Convention continued on late night television. Ms. Trump's words caused controversy when it was discovered that the speech had a strikingly similar sound to one given by Michelle Obama in 2008.
Although Ms. Trump told TODAY's Matt Lauer that she herself composed the speech "with as little help as possible," and Trump's campaign attempted to explain away the controversy by diminishing the similarities, late night hosts refused to let the issue drop. Check out the videos below:On NBC's TONIGHT SHOW, Donald Trump delivered an unexpected speech on night two of the Republican National Convention to address the controversy surrounding Melania's speech and more.
On CBS's THE LATE SHOW, Stephen Colbert invited his friend Melania Trump (Broadway's Laura Benanti) to defend herself against charges that she stole parts of her RNC speech from Michelle Obama:
On NBC's LATE NIGHT, host Seth Meyers took a closer look at the RNC's disastrous first day:
On CBS's LATE LATE SHOW, James Corden looked at Melania Trump's possible excuses for plagiarism charges stemming from her RNC speech in the only way he knows how: a Top 10 countdown!
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