Stephen Colbert on Andrew’s arrest: ‘Let’s hear it for British justice’ | Late-night TV roundup

Stephen Colbert discussed the arrest of the former prince Andrew and Donald Trump’s confusing new Board of Peace.

The Late Show host told the audience of Epstein pal Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest to a sea of cheers. “Yes, finally, someone, anyone!” he said.

He added: “Let’s hear it for British justice, which is better than American justice because it comes with frilly wigs.”

Colbert also shared the now viral image captured by a photographer of Mountbatten-Windsor lying back in a car leaving the police station. “A classic pose known as the Nosferatu,” he said.

The arrest was related to alleged misconduct in public office.

“Back here in the colonies it was a big day for Donald Trump,” he said.

Trump launched his so-called Board of Peace this week, where a permanent seat costs $1bn in cash and he is the chair for life.

Colbert joked that it “works kinda like a strip club: cash only and Donald Trump will never leave”.

But America’s closest allies have yet to join, with the list of sign-ups including Qatar, Pakistan, Hungary, El Salvador, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

Colbert listed the countries and joked that they constitute “the Epcot of places Goofy was jailed without a trial”.

It led to another unhinged ramble from Trump, during which he started talking about his love for young women. “If he doesn’t stop yapping, Pam Bondi’s gonna have to start live-redacting,” he said.

Colbert said that after raising billions, the board’s first mission was “figuring out why”.

There was also chatter this week surrounding Barack Obama’s appearance on a podcast in which he said that aliens were real before later walking it back.

When Trump was asked about it, he said it was an example of Obama sharing classified information and he was not supposed to be doing that. Colbert said that instead, classified information “should be safely stored in the Mar-a-Lago security toilets”.

Trump also said he didn’t know about the existence of aliens as it’s just not something he talks about. Colbert joked that “while Trump never talks about meeting aliens, we do know he’s had close encounters with predators” before showing a picture of him with Epstein.

This week has also seen a large amount of sewage spilling into the Potomac River, which has been called the “largest discharge in the nation’s history”.

Colbert quipped: “I thought the largest discharge in the nation’s history happened after Kid Rock and RFK Jr drank whole milk in a hot tub.”