but let's move on now
to the browser tab that America refuses to close--
Donald Trump.
He won the Oregon primary last night,
but that wasn't the only contest
that people were paying attention to.
MAN:
Donald Trump's long-awaited interview with Megyn Kelly.
REPORTER:
-It's a blockbuster. -Hotly anticipated.
Face-to-face interview with the billionaire candidate himself.
Whatever your plans are for this evening,
you should probably cancel them.
That's right!
Even if you're driving your pregnant wife to the hospital.
Cancel that (bleep).
Just like, "Unless you're giving birth to an HDTV,
we're watching that interview."
Cancel your plans? What a strong... What if my plan
was to watch the interview? Then what do I do now, Shep Smith?
What do I do now? What do I do now?
Seriously, the hype for this event was out of control.
You know, it's... it was like if Apple revealed the new iPhone
in the middle of a new Beyoncé song
in the middle of the new Star Wars sequel.
It was... it was so hyped up.
And until last night, Trump had been boycotting Kelly's show,
despite it being the second- highest rated cable news show.
And he had good reasons.
You've call women you don't like fat pigs,
dogs, slobs and disgusting animals.
Your Twitter account has several disparaging comments
about women's looks.
You once told a contestant on
it would be a pretty picture to see her on her knees.
Does that sound to you like the temperament of a man
we should elect as president?
Yeah, wow.
That doesn't even sound like the temperament of a man
we should elect as assistant manager at Chili's.
He looks pretty good in that outfit, you got to admit.
-You got to admit. -(cheering, applause)
And that debate... that debate was just the jumping-off point
for a feud that's been going on for months now.
I don't have a lot of respect for Megyn Kelly.
She's not very tough and she's not very sharp. She's zippo.
I certainly will not apologize for doing good journalism.
I have no respect for her. I don't think she's very good.
We the press are the counter- punchers. We-we are paid
to hold the presidential candidates to account.
Megyn Kelly is a lightweight.
We're really the only thing that stands between them
and the Oval Office, so we have to ask tough questions.
Wow, this isn't Trump-Kelly, this is Mayweather...
Mayweather-Pacquiao, you know? Yeah. Well, except for the fact
that there's no way they make boxing gloves small enough
for Donald Trump's tiny hands. That would be the only thing.
Poke you in the eye. Ow! Ow, my eye.
My eye. So, the world was ready.
The world was ready for Megyn Kelly to face the beast
with her hard-heard... hard-hitting journalism
and unrelenting pursuits of accountability,
and last night on prime-time network TV,
the fight was on.
(bell dings)
Let's begin. Thank you for sitting down with me.
There had to be a moment on stage at a campaign rally
or one night after a win where it occurred to you,
"I could actually be the president."
When was that?
Were you ever bullied?
Has anyone ever hurt you emotionally?
-I want to talk for a minute about the tweeting. -Okay.
Set the scene for me. You pick up your iPhone
-and actually tweet yourself? -Yes. Usually after 7:00
or 8:00, I'll do it my myself.
What?
What is this?
What the hell was it? Like, this was sold as a bloodbath,
but in the end it just turned out to be one of those
couples' bath that only exists in, like,
the Cialis commercials. What... what is that?
What are those questions?
What... Okay, but you-but you know what, but you know what,
I'm sure Megyn Kelly knows what she's doing.
You see, unlike Cialis, she's softening Trump up.
And then, and then,
just when he drops his guard-- boom!
The comment about John McCain--
you prefer people who weren't captured.
Um, the comment about Carly Fiorina's face.
But do you regret any of those comments?
Uh, yeah, I guess so. But you have to go forward.
You make a mistake, you go forward,
and you... You know, you can correct a mistake,
but to look back and say, "Gee whiz,
I wish I didn't do this or that,"
I don't think that's good. I don't even think...
In a certain way, I don't even think that's healthy.
I want to talk a little bit about your family.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! What...
Wait, what just happened there?
The guy who wants to control the most powerful military
in the world just said he doesn't think it's healthy
to reflect on mistakes.
And there's no follow-up question?
You just move on?
Th-That's like if the-the producers of
heard Robert Durst say, "I killed them all,"
and they were just like, "Great, so, uh, what was it like
growing up in Scarsdale?"
That's not the question.
You know, l-last night's interview didn't seem
to be about journalism or the Republican Party
or even the election.
It seemed like it was about two brands,
Donald Trump and Megyn Kelly,
and whether they could forge a mutually beneficial partnership.
You know, just like Chipotle teams up with bacteria
to help you lose weight.
Or, or maybe... or maybe it was just couples therapy.
And this moment especially summed up the entire interview.
When you and I were having our little difficulty,
um, you probably had some pretty nasty tweets sent your way.
But you retweet some of those. It's not just the fans.
Yeah, but not the more nasty ones.
You would be amazed at the ones I don't retweet.
-Bimbo? -Uh...
Well, there was a retweet. Yeah. Did I say that?
-Many times. -Ooh.
Okay. Excuse me. (chuckles)
(chuckling)
"Did I do that?"
"Excuse me"?
That's-that's all your answer is?
"Excuse me"?
We're talking about misogyny, not a fart.
"Excuse me"?
And, Megyn Kelly, I don't get it.
You spent months lambasting Trump for his sexist comments,
and now you're just laughing it off.
I-I can't believe this,
but Megyn Kelly just got negged by Donald Trump.
He repeatedly insulted her and then all of a sudden
switched it up with a little charm, and, just like that,
she's all smiles. And, you know what,
I don't blame Megyn Kelly for that.
That's just the power of Trump.
In fact, that technique even worked on our own Desi Lydic
when she interviewed Trump.
Mr. Trump, I'm just gonna come out and say it,
you're bad for women.
You objectify us, you call us fat pigs.
On Twitter, you blamed Hillary Clinton
for her husband's infidelity.
Uh, well, there was a retweet. Yeah. Did I say that?
Yes. You even said people shouldn't vote
for Carly Fiorina because her face is ugly.
Ooh. Okay.
Excuse me. (chuckles)
He's so damn charming!
So charming!
That's why we sent Roy Wood Jr.
to set Trump straight.
Look, Trump, enough of your (bleep).
Running around talking about "the blacks,"
people getting punched at your rallies,
and on Twitter you out here supporting the goddamn KKK.
Uh, well, there was a retweet. Yeah. Did I say that?
Y-Yeah, you said that, man.
Who else am I talking about?
You think I'm talking about the cameraman over here?
You're just running your mouth, running your mouth.
You better apologize.
Ooh. Okay.
Excuse me. (chuckles)
Oh, man! You still my boy, man.
All day like O.J.
Give me some dap.
He got Roy, too! He got Roy, too.
So we sent in Ronnie Chieng.
Hey, man, why you keep talking all this (bleep)
about immigrants?
I want to (bleep) you so hard right now.
You know what, you know what, I get it.
I get it.
I know that Trump may be a torture-supporting,
Muslim-disparaging horseman of the apocalypse,
but, don't forget, when he's president
and it's all going to (bleep),
we'll all get to look at that smile.