What Glenn Greenwald has said about Late-night television hosting

2 quotes · 1 episode · May 15, 2026

Glenn Greenwald, American journalist, has been quoted on Late-night television hosting 2 times in 1 episode of The Megyn Kelly Show, most recently on May 15, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

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Greenwald argues networks avoid cheaper online comedians because they cannot control them.
“the reason why they don't just take somebody like that and pay them, you know, one twentieth of what Stephen Colbert is making”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Colbert's Hissy Fit Farewell Tour, Xi's Ominous Comment, and Murdaugh's New Trial, with Glenn Greenwald | Ep. 1318 (May 15, 2026) · Listen from 30:10
Greenwald notes Greg Gutfeld is the top-rated late-night host but is excluded from the other hosts' circle for political reasons.
“The number one rated late night talk show host in the country is Greg Gutfeld”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Colbert's Hissy Fit Farewell Tour, Xi's Ominous Comment, and Murdaugh's New Trial, with Glenn Greenwald | Ep. 1318 (May 15, 2026) · Listen from 32:06

Colbert's Hissy Fit Farewell Tour, Xi's Ominous Comment, and Murdaugh's New Trial, with Glenn Greenwald | Ep. 1318
The Megyn Kelly Show · May 15, 2026 · 1 h 43 min
Megyn Kelly and Glenn Greenwald discuss Stephen Colbert's farewell, fame, Kamala Harris, Trump's China summit and Iran war, the Murdaugh retrial, and 'pretendians.'