So here’s a video of David Letterman NOT shunning Trump on his TV show.
Via Rawstory:
David Letterman knows Donald Trump pretty well after interviewing him frequently over the years on his television show — but even he has been surprised by the Republican nominee’s outrageous behavior on the campaign trail.
The former late night talk show host said he loved Trump as a television guest, because his “blowhard billionaire” persona was instantly recognizable to audiences, reported the New York Times.
“Nobody took him seriously, and people loved him when he would come on the show,” said Letterman, who retired last year. “I would make fun of his hair, I would call him a slumlord, I would make fun of his ties — and he could just take a punch like nothing. He was the perfect guest.”
Letterman said he’s surprised that Trump’s presidential campaign has been so successful, but there’s one moment that he thinks should have disqualified the real estate developer and former reality TV star.
“I can remember him doing an impression, behind a podium, of a reporter for the New York Times who has a congenital disorder, and then I thought, if this was somebody else — if this was a member of your family or a next-door neighbor, a guy at work — you would immediately distance yourself from that person,” Letterman said. “And that’s what I thought would happen. Because if you can do that in a national forum, that says to me that you are a damaged human being. If you can do that, and not apologize, you’re a person to be shunned.”