Its a late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight all the president s meds. Plus, stephen welcomes gayle king and amy sedaris. Featuring jon batiste and stay homins. And now, live on tape from a safe distance, its Stephen Colbert stephen ready to do it . One more time. No . That hurt last time. Youre not going to do it again . Stephen ill do it again. Im not afraid of you. Ready . Sure. Stephen lets do it. Come on snap snap welcome to a late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. Were all still trying to process the shocking revelation that donald trump dropped last night he cares about his health. Case in point today he had an event in a room where he was surrounded by fruits and vegetables. He was shocked to learn that fruit was available in nonrollup form. as trump usually i only see fruits by the foot. Of course, trump had to brag about how good he was to farmers. We are providing 19 billion to support our nations agricultural producers, maintain the health of our critical food supply chains, and provide Food Assistance to american families. 19 billion. No other president has done this, zippy. Ill tell you, you could go back to abraham lincoln, there is no president that has treated the farmers like trump. Stephen i dont know. Lincoln was pretty good for farmers. He did liberate a lot of people doing the actual farming. Now, trump explained to a Virginia Farmer how much he wanted to win his state in the upcoming election. We are going after virginia with your crazy governor. Were going after virginia. laughter they want to take your Second Amendment away, you know that, right . Youll have nobody guarding your potatoes. Stephen oh, yes, got to have somebody guarding your potatoes. E baeds, theingerlings, not the tater tots who will protect the tater tots . Its like they say the only way to beat a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a potato gun. They say that, right . Thank you. Thank you for nodding. It wouldnt be a trump event without him mispronouncing the thing the event is about. In normal times, roughly 40 of fresh vegeables. Stephen not only does he not eat his vegetables. He cant pronounce them. as trump i love vegeables, be it aspegus, the brolly, and of course the ketchup balls. I want to thank the brave men and women who milk those every morning. So, im doubting he eats his vegetables every day, but there is one thing he is putting in his mouth hydroxychloroquine. Its typically used to treat malaria and lupus. And hes taking it prophylactically, the only time hes actually used a prophylactic. And its a dicey move the f. D. A. Specifically cautions against the use of hydroxychloroquine for covid19. In part, because of side effects ranging from cardiac arrhythmias to increased risk of death. Look, i dont care how you feel politically. We have to protect the president of the United States. Theres just no way to dismiss the seriousness of death. Death is death. Stephen i stand corrected. Now, the medical Community Responded to the news with a what what what . One clinical pharmacologist said of the president s hydroxychloroquine regimen that seems. To be a crazy thing to do. as trump oh, really, doctor . Well, ill have you know crazy is my middle horse. One of the Reasons Health professionals were especially concerned is because trump would appear to be part of the cohort most at risk, as he has a common heart disease. Yes, he doesnt have one. Tin man slam stephen despite a statement by the white house doctor, some people are speculating the president might be lying. Let me assure you, the president of the United States is not taking hydroxychloroquine. This president doesnt tell the truth. He may be taking this. He may not. Stephen or, option c, his doctors decided it was just easier to just let him think hes taking it. As trump every morning, i push back spidermans head, and a little hydroxychloroquine comes out. Right now, theyre blue, but next weeks prescription is orange. But if thats true, hydroxychloroquine is just part of a longstanding policy of ingesting whatever product he endorses. Fun fact trump devoured the first three grimaces they tried to put in that mcdonalds commercial. as trump these purple nuggets are awful dry. Get me some of that that that ketchup ball milk. It wasnt just doctors who were shocked at trumps selfmedicating. We also heard from speaker of the house and dress barn bandit, nancy pelosi. Speaker pelosi had some choice words to express her concern for the president. Madame speaker, what is your reaction to the president saying that he is now taking hydroxychloroquine . Are you concerned . Hes our president , and i would rather he not be taking something that has not been approved by the scientists, especially in his age group and in his, shall we say, weight group. Morbidly obese, they say. Stephen oh, that is a very polite way to say a mean thing. as pelosi im concerned about the president because he is, shall we say, 20 pounds of pudding in a tenpound sack. What im saying is your president is so fat, that when he sits around the white house, he and shall i put this diplomatically sits around the white house, which is a very, very large building, indeed. And its important to point out that fat shaming is wrong. Le ol ftabu saa shoube no way youre getting a good seal on that mask, kringle. Trump was asked about pelosi calling him obese, and he claimed to be above the fray. I dont respond to her. I think shes a waste of time. Stephen and he is the worlds leading authority on wasting time. This one time, there was a huge, deadly, global pandemic. And he didnt do anything about it for, like, two months. It was a personal best in being just the worst. But if trump really is taking hydroxychloroquine, he might not only be endangering himself, because trumps got legions of followers eager to jump on the hydroxychlorowagon. So yesterday, fox newss neil cavuto gave him this stern warning if you are in a risky population here, and you are taking this as a preventative treatment, it will kill you. I cannot stress enough. This. Will. Kill. You. Stephen no, neil bad i cannot stress this enough fox anchors have to back up everything trump says, or else i mean, theyve already replaced Brian Kilmeade with a humansized bleach jug. Hard to tell the difference. But trump wsnt about to take this slight from neil lying down although, he was almost certainly lying down when he retweeted half a dozen twitter posts attacking cavuto and calling him an idiot, foolish, gullible and an bleep . There you have it trying to keep elderly people alive now makes you an idiot in trumps book which might explain his recent twitter feud with a shower chair. But trump isnt just mad at fox. Hes ready to move on from them, tweeting last night as trump fox news is no longer the same. We miss the great roger ailes. You know who doesnt miss roger ailes . Women within arms reach. Trump continued as trump you have more antitrump people, by far, than ever before. Looking for a new outlet well, luckily, mr. President , i know of an outlet ready to show you the loyalty you crave. Its our own inhouse news source, real news tonight. Welcome to real news tonight, im jim anchorton. According to reports, President Trump is looking for a new numberone news source, to which i say, mr. President , look no further. Unlike the liberal fakers at fox news, i wont tell your voters what will kill them. And not only have i started taking all your recommended medications. Im taking ones you havent mentioned. Im currently on hydroxychloroquine, mucinex, insulin, viagra, quaaludes, and mushrooms. Im not sure if they work on the virus but i discussed it with my doctor a throw pillow that says live, laugh, love. And to make sure my lungs are squeaky clean, ive been sucking the precious juice from these clorox wipes until i lose consciousness. Speaking of time for my daily dose. From all of us at real news ow stephen hes fine. Trump is still trying to find someone he can blame his poor response to the pandemic on. So far, hes narrowed it down to china, obama, and anyone not named donald trump. as trump i know, ill blame it on the dog. What do you mean i dont have a dog . Then who pooped on he rug . Eric last night, trump lashed out at one of his favorite blame targets, threatening in a letter to the director general of the World Health Organization that he would permanently end all funding to the organization if it did not commit to substantive improvements. No surprise there. The w. H. O. Combines everything trump hates the world, health, and organization. Trumps real target is china and their handling of the coronavirus. Thats why his letter includes this little tidbit as trump on january 28, 2020, after meeting with president xi in beijing, you praised the Chinese Government for its transparency with respect to coronavirus. Yeah, and i seem to remember one member of the w. H. O. On january 24 really going over the top with their praise of china. as trump china has been working very hard to contain the coronavirus. The United States greatly appreciates their efforts and transparency. It will all work out well. In particular, on behalf of the american people, i want to thank president xi ll, at twen very well. But then again, neither has donald trump. Trump feels the w. H. O. Is too close to china, so hes cutting off their funding. China had another idea, because also yesterday, president xi jinping offered to provide 2 billion in the fight against the pandemic and called on other nations to increase their contributions to the w. H. O. Take that, china trump just made you the world leader in fighting this pandemic. Hes got you right where you want you. But youll be happy to hear that trump can be awful about things other than the pandemic. In a huge break with a decadeslong president ial tradition, trump wont be unveiling Barack Obamas white house portrait, partly because trump already made his own unofficial obama portrait. For decades, hanging a predecessors portrait has signaled the peaceful transition of power from president to president , regardless of party politics. Now, this is the biggest diss to a president ial predecessor since john adams refused to wear washingtons teeth. We have got a great show for you tonight. My guest is cbs this morning anchor gayle king. Stick around. 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When you think of a bank, you think of people in a place. But when you have the chase mobile app, your bank can be virtually any place. So, when you get a check. You can deposit it from here. And you can see your transactions and check your balance from here. You can detect suspicious activity on your account from here. And you can pay your friends back from here. So when someone asks you, wheres your bank . You can tell them heres my bank. Or heres my bank. Or, heres my bank. Because if you download and use the chase mobile app, your bank is virtually any place. So visit chase. Com mobile. Stephen welcome back, everybody. Joining me tonight is the cohost of cbs this morning, editor at large of o magazine, and host of the sirius xm show, gayle king in the house. Please welcome, friend of this show and yours, gayle king. Hey, gayle, how are you doing . Hey. Stephen colbert, can i say this before we officially start . I got dressed up for you. Stephen thank you. I havent had on a fancy dress, and my superduper spanx since february. So, picture that for a second. I did this just for you. Stephen thank you. And i havent changed shoes, though, but im still wearing black socks. Stephen good, i put on my spanx for you, too there you go. Stephen just for this moment. Im so thrilled. Stephen now, have you gone out are you just in your apartment, or are you going outside at all . Stephen, i didnt go outside for 32 days. Im not kidding. I was so freaked out by it. You know, this is a moving target that keeps changing, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. I went out. It was nice. The birds were singing. There were trees, there was grass, there were people wonderful, i had on a mask. I went back in, and i didnt go out again for another week. So i went out this past weekend. Stephen yes, yes. So i have been out twice in 50something days. Stephen wow. And, you know, its interesting because im a very people person. I have a new tshirt that said, i was a people person till people ruined it for me. Because were now like human weapons walking around. I just took the Antibody Test. Stephen oh, yes. Why, did you think you had it . I thought back in everybodys saying this anecdotally, but i really do believe this december, january, i had an awful cough. It ws a really terrible thing. I went to the doctor three times because i thought i had pneumonia. Turns out i didnt have pneumonia. But i said, i know ive got this thing. After all the covid stuff started. So i took the Antibody Test really feeling, okay, good, i know its going to come back and it will say its positive, and then i can say i had it, i didnt die, and i got through it. When the doctor called me stephen, and said, gayle, your results are negative. I went, negative are you sure . Is an effective test . And she goes, well, that wasnt the reaction i was expecting. I said, look, i dont mean to be disrespectful, but in a weird way i was really hoping that id already had it. Negative, ive not been exposed, i never had it. So, knock on wood, im healthy. My favorite son, will, said, mom, you tested negative for a deadly virus. I think the word youre looking for is thank you, doctor. Bu now youre even more vigilant about it, stephen, honestly. Im more vigilant about making sure that i dont get it. Stephen did you say your favorite son, will . My favorite son, will, yes. Yes, he is my favorite son, will. Stephen now, youre coming up on your First Anniversary with your cohosts, Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil. Yeah. Stephen has the crisis bonded you guys even more . Well, you know, this is interesting because were the only morning show that are operating from three different locations. And what i know about me is i really like the camaraderie at the table. I like the collaboration that we have. So its different. But i do think that its made a very different kind of newscast for all of us, in a good way, in a good way. Because youre actually you know, viewers are inviting you into their home, but theyre now being invited into ours. And i dont know about you, stephen, but everybody is a freaking critic. You know, they go, gayle, the pillow is crooked. Your pictures are crooked. What is the color of your wall . They said to Anthony Mason, are those beer bottles behind you . What are those stoppers . Is Tony Dokoupil really in the basement . Everybody is a critic. Stephen yes, ive gotten a thats what an. T i need stephen, theres a website called room rater or something. Anthony mason got a nine out of ten, why . Stephen, because he doesnt have the obligatory bookshelf behind him. Turn around, mr. Colbert. Stephen i know im in my Little Library here. He doesnt have the obligatory bookshelf, and he has beautiful art. And they said, gayle gets docked two points because of that terrible salmon color on her walls. So, everybody is a critic. But you know the thing i think is so great, is the viewers are really glad to see us. Every day somebody says to me, seeing the three of you, youre smiling, you seem glad to be there and honest to god, we really are it gives me a sense of normalcy. So, that makes me feel good. Stephen you know, i feel, i feel the same way, you know . Whether its your show, or a certain podcast i listen to. Yes, yes. Stephen im just very grateful people are out there doing it. And it gives me some sense of why people might write me and say, im glad youre ing yo stephen, ese aryark te times. And its its a big responsibility. Its a big privilege, as you know, to be able to tell the story. Stephen it is. Im really glad to be here, really glad to be here. Stephen now, speaking of strange days. Ill tell you what was strange for me was that the governor shut down any crowds of, like, 400 people or more, or something. So we had to get out of the ed sullivan theater, toot suite. We did one show with nobody in the ed sullivan, than we left and i started doing my show from the bathtub the next monday. I saw that. Stephen and i turn on the tv, and youre in my theater how did you like it . I liked it. I liked it. Number one, o you know gene and wade and dante . Stephen of course. Your crew guys are awesome. Stephen they are amazing. He was one of ours and now hes yours. Youve got one of the best teams in television. Those guys were so welcoming to us. Stephen theyre incredible. So nice to us. Stephen yeah. And it was really nice digs. Then we got kicked out of there. And so now im here at my home. Stephen get out we were kicked out of there, mr. Colbert. Stephen not before did you some posing. I like this. I like this. I got this you sent me an email with this photo on it. I liked it. I was tempted to sketch you like one of my french girls. Yes, stephen, i was feeling very shy that day. Actually, i got on your table and was ready to sing happy birthday to you happy birthday dear stephen happy birthday to you i knew you could take the joke, so i wasnt worried that you would be upset about it. Stephen i love it, i hope you guys were comfortable. We thank you for letting us take over your digs. Stephen okay, now, obviously, youve been in the news for years. Yeah. Stephen youre a news junky. Very much still. Stephen while the coronavirus is, like, the allencompassing global story, it affects everyone. What are the stories tha