Madame Web was not critically well-liked and it didn’t do so well when it hit theaters back in 2024. Dakota Johnson said “unfortunately” she was not surprised the Sony/Marvel film was a flop (though it did do well on Netflix later). However, I don’t think anyone involved with the movie probably saw it coming when it took random shrapnel during a segment about Donald Trump and his approval ratings on Late Night with Seth Meyers.
Meyers’ monologues have often been political, and a few days ago, he took one of his “Closer Look” segments to focus on Donald Trump’s approval ratings. The bit looked at two polls, one from CNN that had Trump at a 27% approval rating and on from Quinnipiac that had Trump up a paltry 2% at 29%. Meyers kicked off the segment by introducing what was going on with Trump's White House and more.
Donald Trump’s approval rating hit a new all-time low as the Iran War spiraled further out of control and voters started to wonder if Trump’s strategy of bsing his way though it might not be 100% foolproof. For more on this, it’s time for a closer look.
These are low numbers for Trump, who has been facing headlines for everything from allegedly sleeping during one of the wildly priced Knicks finals games (celebs got in for free) to asking what the word “affordability” means over the last couple of months amidst food and housing crises in the U.S. Instances like these have seen his approval ratings lower, and Seth Meyers gave audiences a comparison many could understand.
Just to give you an idea of how low [27% is], Madame Web has a higher audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Although Trump’s hand does look like it was bit by a spider in the Amazon. Maybe he thinks he has spider powers. That would certainly explain the way he dances.
The late night host then shared a graphic of Trump dancing with webs shooting out of his wrists, very a la Spider-Man, which I suppose is topical with Brand New Day out in recent days (and decidedly not a flop). Take a look.
I’m sure when S.J. Clarkson was putting Madame Web together, she did not expect to be the butt of a late night joke more than a year later, but here we are. This isn’t exactly the first time Meyers has poked fun at the President of the United States. He’s incurred the ire of Donald Trump on more than one occasion, including after Trump called for late night to be cancelled.
For his part, Trump has personally called Meyers someone with “no ratings, talent, or intelligence” so the jabs seem to be mutual. It’s not just Meyers the President has disapproved of, of course. When The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ended, Trump gleefully wrote, “You could take any person off of the street and they would be better than this total jerk.” Now, ratings seem to be up for the Jimmys in Colbert’s wake, and Meyers is still trucking while Trump’s approval ratings fall. We’ll have to wait and see what happens next.
