Meghan McCain clearly hasn’t moved on from her previous feud with Seth Meyers.
“Talking of late-night stuff, I went on [Late Night With] Seth Meyers and it was one of many worst experiences of my life, really,” McCain, 38, stated on the Thursday, October 20, episode of her “Meghan McCain Has Entered the Chat” podcast. The previous View cohost recalled her 2019 look on Late Evening, which ended with the twosome in a heated alternate about Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.
On the time, McCain had criticized Omar, 41, for making feedback about Israel that many seen as anti-Semitic. Meyers questioned why McCain continued to name out Omar’s remarks “after she apologized,” noting that the congresswoman had obtained “loss of life threats” from the incident.
“I stand by each single factor I’ve stated, and if that makes me unpopular on this room or in entrance of you, so be it,” McCain stated earlier than asking Meyers if he was Omar’s “publicist” or “press individual.”
“No I’m simply somebody who cares about the truth that there’s somebody on the market who’s in a minority who has had loss of life threats towards her and I believe that we must always all use the identical language,” Meyers, 49, replied. “You’re asking her to watch out about her language and I’d ask everyone else to do the identical.”
When McCain requested Meyers what would make him “glad popping out of my mouth proper now,” Meyers tried to wrap up the dialog properly, telling her, “I’m completely pleased with every part that’s popping out of your mouth and I’m glad that we spent this time collectively.”
Following the tense alternate, McCain’s husband, Ben Domenech, took to social media to defend his spouse’s phrases, launching a tirade towards Meyers that some deemed as homophobic. In his rant, he labeled the comic an “terrible” individual and a “monumental a—gap who’s completely unfunny.”
McCain addressed Domenech’s controversial feedback on her Thursday podcast, telling visitor Ted Cruz, “My husband tweeted that the one motive he had a present was that he gargled [Late Night With Seth Meyers executive producer] Lorne Michaels’ balls. It was a horrific expertise, and [Seth] can go to hell ceaselessly.”
Domenech, for his half, in the end apologized for attacking Meyers. “I really like my spouse,” Domenech wrote through X (previously Twitter) in Might 2019. “I apologize for rage-tweeting about how Seth Meyers handled her. I don’t like him, I believe he’s a hack, however I shouldn’t have accomplished that. I’m sorry to anybody I offended.”
McCain and Domenech married in November 2017 earlier than welcoming their first youngster, daughter Liberty Sage, in September 2020. Their second youngster, daughter Clover Jade, arrived three years later in January.