Stephen Colbert celebrated his show’s bandleader John Batiste’s wins at the Grammys including bagging the Album Of The Year, Colbert said, “I’m not surprised at all that John won album of the year. You know who was surprised? Jon. You can tell he didn’t expect to go on stage because he wore his most casual rhinestone bishop’s vestments”, mentioning John Batiste’s glittery outfit which he wore during the acceptance speech at the ceremony. In his acceptance speech, Batiste talked about his lifelong love for music, telling, “I love music. I’ve been playing since I was a little boy. It’s more than entertainmnt for me; it’s a spiritual practice.”
At this Stephen Colbert said, “That is lovely. Also, I’d like to apologize to Jon for interrupting his spiritual practice for years with jokes about Rudy Giuliani’s wine-soaked buffoonery.” Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky gave a speech at the Grammys and requested the world to help his country, saying, “Fill the silence with your music. Fill it today. To tell our story.” To this Colbert joked, “But not you Kanye, we’re dealing with enough already.”
Later, Stephen Colbert changed the topic to the war in Ukraine as Russia has entirely withdrawn from the region surrounding Kyiv, adding, “That is good news, admittedly, but now that they’ve pulled out, the world is getting a close look at the horrific path of destruction the Russians have left behind. I’m going to save everybody some time and pull the ‘possible’ out of that sentence. It’s for sure war crimes. Investigation done. It’s settled.” He didn’t show any videos of the devastation in Ukraine, however, the Ukrainian government called the destruction a genocide and has initiated a probe into the Russian military’s war crimes. Colbert then resumed, adding, “Let’s move on to something less obvious like figuring out if a bear poops in the woods, of course if it’s a Russain bear they call it a Special Military Defecation.”
Seth Meyers, another late-night host also spoke on the Ukrainian situation, denouncing former American Vice-president Mike Pence who came on Fox News last weekend and said that “President Biden has done more damage to America than any president in modern history.” Meyers responded by doing an impression of Mike Pence and added, “Wow, how strict is your definition of modern history? Modern history is everything since The Slap. Then from 900 AD to The Slap, that’s the middle ages. Seriously, man, what’s your deal? You’re still trying to win over Trump voters? They stormed the Capitol and they chanted ‘hang Mike Pence’. That’s you! You’re like a guy who gets a fake number from a woman at a bar and keeps calling it hoping to get a date.”