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Late night hosts across the dial weighed in on Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein's recent ouster following a damning New York Times expose on alleged decades of sexual harassment on Monday night.
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00:00Pro tip, if you ever have dinner at Harvey Weinstein's house, avoid the fresh basil.
00:06Late night hosts have weighed in on Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein's termination in the wake of a New York Times expose revealing decades of alleged sexual harassment.
00:15On ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live Monday night, the host addressed his Twitter exchange with President Donald Trump's son Donald Jr., in which the younger Trump asked Kimmel about his thoughts on Weinstein.
00:25Jimmy started his show by saying,
00:27Kimmel then went on to recount how he shared a video of Trump's infamous Access Hollywood take,
00:57with Don Jr. on Twitter.
00:59A note to Don Jr., next time you're defending your father against a freshly accused sexual predator, don't, the host said.
01:06Kimmel also made a Weinstein joke.
01:08What's the difference between Weinstein and the Pillsbury Doughboy?
01:12When the Pillsbury Doughboy offers you a role, he doesn't ask you to watch him take a shower for it.
01:17Over on NBC's Late Night with Seth Meyers, the host brought out three of his female writers, Amber Ruffin, Jenny Hagel, and Ali Hoard, to give their thoughts on Weinstein.
01:25We want to start by applauding the women who went on the record, Hagel said.
01:29The women then tackled Weinstein's apology statement, questioning many aspects of it.
01:34He blamed his disrespecting of women on the area he came from, which would be a good excuse if he came from a time machine, said Hoard.
01:40A series of clips then showed the women's reactions upon reading Weinstein's statement, which included spit takes, throwing a phone in a trash can, and lobbing a computer out of a window.
01:49He compared himself to Jay-Z?
01:51And on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the CBS host also called out the mogul's response of coming from a different era and being an old dinosaur learning new ways.
02:06A. That's no excuse, Colbert said.
02:08B. Dinosaurs did not touch themselves in front of the employees.
02:14The T-Rex's arms were way too short.
02:17To watch the full clips of the late-night host reactions to Weinstein, head to THR.com and tell us which host reaction was your favorite in the comments section.
02:25For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Lindsay Rodriguez.
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