Judd Apatow blasts Mark Esper immediately after his appearance on 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’
Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper was on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Monday, where he discussed his new book in which he alleges former President Trump made all sorts of absurd requests. Esper also claimed he kept all the stories secret because he wanted to stay close to Trump to prevent him from doing something foolish.
When Judd Apatow came on the show immediately following Esper, he wasn’t buying any of what Esper was selling.
“I don't think George Carlin would like Mark Esper,” Apatow said when asked about the earlier guest’s interview. Apatow recently made a George Carlin documentary, and he believes the late comedian would have thought Esper was part of the corrupt system.
“Carlin's whole idea was that people with money manipulate the whole system” Apatow said. “So if somebody knows that Trump is a maniac, you would think the day after he gets fired is the day to go, ‘Hey, he wanted to shoot all the George Floyd protestors in the legs.’ But he waits a year to write a book and make money. And I think that was George Carlin's whole thing, which is that they're not looking out for you.”
While Colbert appeared more willing to give Esper the benefit of the doubt, Apatow seemed prepared to make things awkward with the other guest in the green room.
Video Transcript
MARK ESPER: My rationale is, if I'm not here to stop a quarter million troops to the border when the president proposes it and prior to June 1, who would be there when he wants to shoot missiles into Mexico? And if I stand up then and speak out, who will be there to push back on June 1, when he wants to send 10,000 paratroopers into the streets of America?
STEPHEN COLBERT: Or shoot the protesters in the leg.
KYLIE MAR: Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper was on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Monday where he discussed his new book in which he alleges former President Trump made all sorts of absurd requests. Esper also claimed he kept all the stories secret, because he wanted to stay close to Trump to prevent him from doing something foolish. But when Director Judd Apatow came on the show after Esper, he wasn't buying any of what Esper was selling.
STEPHEN COLBERT: What do you think Carlin would be talking about today? Did you see that interview with Esper just now?
JUDD APATOW: I don't think George Carlin would like Mark Esper.
KYLIE MAR: Apatow recently made a George Carlin documentary, and he believes the late comedian would have thought Esper was part of the corrupt system.
JUDD APATOW: Carlin's whole idea was that people with money manipulate the whole system. And I think that was George Carlin's whole thing, which is he just thought, they're not looking out for you.
KYLIE MAR: While Colbert appeared to be more willing to give Esper the benefit of the doubt, Apatow was prepared to make things awkward with the other guest in the green room.
JUDD APATOW: So if somebody knows that Trump is a maniac, you would think the day after he gets fired is the day to go, hey, he wanted to shoot all the George Floyd protesters in the legs. But he waits a year to write a book and he makes money.
