Seth Meyers on Trump skipping the Super Bowl: 'Of course he is worried about getting booed'

With the Super Bowl just days away, Seth Meyers looked into why Donald Trump, usually one for attention, does not plan to be in attendance. “Given Trump’s love of football and attention, you might have expected him to show up to the Super Bowl on Sunday, especially since he went to last year’s Super Bowl,” the Late Night host said.

But Trump has told reporters that he won’t attend the game because it will be played in Santa Clara, California, outside San Francisco, which is “just too far away”, though he acknowledged that he had received “great hands [at] the Super Bowl. They like me,” he said, adding that he “would go if, you know, it was a little bit shorter”.

Meyers was not convinced. “It’s too far away? You know you have your own plane, right? Like, we weren’t expecting you to pile into a station wagon with Eric, Don Jr and Melania.

“Trump’s excuse doesn’t track,” Meyers continued. “This is the same guy who has done multiple trips to the Middle East and Asia, but San Francisco is too far away? Or is it because they won’t give you a dumb gift for making the trip? Because we know you love a dumb gift.

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/feb/05/seth-meyers-on-trump-skipping-super-bowl

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