Vince Vaughn has accused the late night host of having a political “agenda” on his show.
“They just never work out,” the “Wedding Crashers” actor said Tuesday on Theo Fung’s “This Past Weekend” podcast. “I think a big part of talk shows has become really agenda-driven.”
Mr. Vaughn, 55, continued, “They were trying to (evangelize) their idea to people, you know what I mean? And people just rejected it because it didn’t feel authentic. It felt like they had an agenda.”
The “Dodgeball” star said the late-night show had become too political-heavy and “no longer interesting.”
“I started to feel like shit for being in classes I didn’t want to take,” he added. “I get scolded.”
Bourne did not name the late-night hosts, but he appeared to be referring to Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert, who have been outspoken critics of President Trump.
The businessman has not appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” He has appeared on the show since 2015 and has never appeared on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” which ends in May.
The debate about the state of late-night TV began when Fung, 46, said the show suffers because hosts only make fun of “white rednecks.”
This led Vaughn to realize that the reason podcasts are so much more successful than late night shows is that “people want it to be authentic.”
“If you look at what happened to the talk shows and why the ratings are low, it just has to do with what you just said, which is the fact that everything has become the same show,” the “True Detective” actor said.
“And they all became that way about their politics and who’s the good guys and who’s the bad guys,” Vaughn continued.
He joked, “And imagine sitting next to someone like that on a plane. Brother, how do you get out of that damn seat?”
Mr. Bourne has identified as a libertarian in the past and is friendly with Mr. Trump, 79.
In April 2025, the White House released a photo of Bourne and the president in the Oval Office.
Three months earlier, Vaughn was spotted posing for photos with fans at President Trump’s inaugural Starlight Ball.
On the podcast, Vaughn was asked if he ever felt “ostracized” by left-wing Hollywood.
“I always try to get along with people and be honest about who I am,” Vaughn said. “But certainly, sometimes you think it would have been easier. It’s almost like a career change.”
Vaughn added: “There are opinions on both sides.”
“There are some points that I don’t agree with at all, and there are some points that I don’t agree with at all,” he said, noting that “nobody wants to be told what to do.”
