Overview
- In a new Late Show segment, Benanti, portraying Melania Trump, spoofed the recent press statement that rejected any ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
- Playing the First Lady, she said talk of Epstein was meant to pull focus from war, underscoring the bit’s distraction theme.
- The monologue leaned into dark humor with a line about rarely cooking with Jeffrey Dahmer and a quip about overlapping social circles in Milwaukee.
- The piece also poked at online rumors about a Melania clone and joked about her marriage to the president, with the character gagging on the word husband.
- Benanti has played this version of Melania on Colbert since 2016, and outlets shared the clip alongside notes on her Tony-winning stage and screen career.