Actor Vince Vaughn says late-night television has lost its edge — and its audience — by leaning too heavily into politics.
“I think that the talk shows to a large part became really agenda-based,” Vaughn said Tuesday on Theo Von’s “This Past Weekend” podcast.
“They were going to [evangelize] people to what they thought… people just rejected it because it didn’t feel authentic.”
Vaughn argued that viewers have tuned out as shows shifted from comedy to commentary.
“It stopped being funny and it started feeling like I was f–king in a class I didn’t want to take… I’m getting scolded,” he said.
The comments came as Von pointed to declining late-night ratings and criticized shows for narrowing their comedic focus.
Vaughn agreed, saying many programs now feel interchangeable.
“They all became the same show… about their politics and who’s good and who’s bad,” he said.
That shift, he argued, has pushed audiences toward podcasts, where conversations feel more natural and less filtered.
“People want to feel like people are having a real conversation,” Vaughn said.
The actor has previously drawn attention for his willingness to engage across political lines.
He has been photographed interacting cordially with President Donald Trump and visited the White House last year, where he took a “Wedding Crashers” parody photo with the president.
Asked whether his views have affected his standing in Hollywood, Vaughn suggested there can be pressure to conform.
“There’s times you felt like it would have been easier… almost like a career move,” he said.
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Actor Vince Vaughn calls out late-night comedians, says people like Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, and others have all become the “SAME SHOW.”
“It stopped being funny, and it started feeling like I was in a f*cking class I didn’t want to take.”
THEO VON: “A lot of the late… pic.twitter.com/9gTyBfdWtc
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