Vince Vaughn is speaking out about the current state of late-night television, arguing that many shows have become too politically driven and less entertaining.
During an appearance on Theo Von’s This Past Weekend podcast, the 55-year-old actor said late-night hosts have shifted away from comedy and toward pushing specific viewpoints.
Referring to late-night figures?
“They never get it right,” Vaughn said. “I think that talk shows, to a large part, became really agenda-based.”
He continued, “They were going to [evangelize] people to what they thought. You know what I mean? And so people just rejected it because it didn’t feel authentic. It felt like they had an agenda.”
Vaughn also argued that this shift has hurt the genre’s appeal, saying shows “stopped being funny” once they leaned too heavily into political commentary.
“It started feeling like I was f—king in a class I didn’t want to take,” he added. “I’m getting scolded.”
While he didn’t directly name anyone, his comments were widely interpreted as referring to late-night figures like Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert, both known for their criticism of Donald Trump.
The conversation began when Von suggested that late-night shows struggle because they target a narrow audience. Vaughn agreed, saying viewers are turning to podcasts instead because “people want authenticity.”
