NBC’s Jimmy FalIon: “I want to say congrats to Serena Williams. ... She's expecting a baby which means she won the Australian Open while she was pregnant and the baby said, ‘So do I get a doubles trophy?’” (“The Tonight Show,” NBC, 4/19).
CBS’ Stephen Colbert: “The New England Patriots visited the White House. Of course, it's always an honor to be invited to the White House which is why so many Patriots turned out for the occasion.” The broadcast aired a picture of the Patriots’ players with President Trump which was about half the number of players who visited President Obama two years ago, with Colbert adding, “Looks like Tom Brady deflated the entire team. Still a bigger crowd than his inauguration” (“Late Show,” CBS, 4/19).
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel: “At the White House today President Trump hosted the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots. You know they were lucky to catch the president. It's Wednesday. Usually he's on his way to the Mar-a-Lago for the weekend. ... Several players chose to skip the White House field trip, most notably quarterback Tom Brady who said he had personal family matters to deal with, which means he stayed home to watch ‘Family Matters.’ That had to be a disappointment for Donald Trump. He has such a crush on Tom Brady. He loves Tom Brady more than ... I was going to say Melania but it's even deeper than that. Donald Trump loves Tom Brady almost as much as he loves himself” (“Jimmy Kimmel Live,” ABC, 4/19).
Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus appeared on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” last night where she talked about Northwestern and her son Charlie Hall, who is a walk-on forward on the team, playing in the NCAA Tournament for the first time. Louis-Dreyfus said they “couldn't keep me away” from attending and cheering at the games. Louis-Dreyfus: “It has been a thrilling ride because for those of you who don't know -- and like why don't you know? -- Northwestern got into the tournament for the first time in the school's history.” Louis-Dreyfus noted she and her husband, actor Brad Hall, both attended Northwestern but when asked if she “pressured” their son to go there, she said, “God no, definitely not.” Kimmel noted she was “going nuts” during the games and asked, “Did you know the camera would be on you so much?” Louis-Dreyfus: “You need to understand something: I've got two children and all my life I've gone to every game, every concert, every everything ... and I'm watching them. I just do that because you're the mom when you're doing that and I don't think about how I look and I'm in my Birkenstocks and I look like an idiot.” But she noted it was a “very disconcerting thing to go to these things I love but to be thinking about how you look and you've got to sit up straight like I'm doing right now, I don't normally sit like this. I was trying to find people to blow my hair out in Salt Lake. I've got to remember to bring mascara and all this stuff. It's not usually my thing” (“Jimmy Kimmel Live,” ABC, 4/19).
