PhotoWelcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Of Misconduct and MansplainingReturning from an extended Thanksgiving weekend, Stephen Colbert began “The Late Show” on Wednesday by introducing himself as “one of the few men still allowed on television.”He went on to detail the allegations of sexual misconduct that have been lodged against Matt Lauer, who was fired from NBC’s “Today” show on Wednesday. “‘Lauer once gave a colleague a sex toy as a present. It’s bad enough he gave her a sex toy — but he also gave instructions? ‘You’re doing that wrong, let me get in there.’” — STEPHEN COLBERT, quoting a report in VarietyPresident Trump tweeted a response to the Lauer scandal, but Mr. Colbert said he had no right to talk, since more than a dozen women have accused Mr. Trump of sexual harassment or assault.

Source: New York Times November 30, 2017 10:07 UTC