Seth Meyers: Trump wanted me to apologize for making fun of him (REPRISE) - a podcast by POLITICO

A reprise episode: It wasn’t all porn star hush money: Michael Cohen
once tried to negotiate an appearance by Donald Trump on Seth Meyers’
show, for what the “Late Night” host pitched as a fun way of coming
together after torching Trump at the 2011 White House Correspondents
Dinner.

Meyers had invited Trump after running into him at the “Saturday Night
Live” 40th anniversary special in February 2015, a few months before the
real estate developer’s presidential campaign launched.

Trump, Meyers told me in an interview for POLITICO’s Off Message
podcast, started out receptive to appearing on “Late Night,” but the
conversation ended once Meyers refused a demand Cohen relayed that was
non-negotiable to Trump: He wanted Meyers to go on air and publicly
apologize for making fun of Trump at the dinner four years earlier.

Neither a White House spokesman nor Cohen responded when asked what
happened.

POLITICO's Off Message podcast is hosted by Isaac Dovere and is part of
the Panoply network. Produced by Zack Stanton. Executive Producer is
Dave Shaw. Theme music by Podington Bear.

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