--- title: Seth Meyers on Kellyanne Conway Interview description: Kellyanne Conway may currently be considered the reigning queen of spin, but she was no match for Late Night host Seth Meyers. canonical: https://time.com/4785882/seth-meyers-on-kellyanne-conway-interview/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-19T15:37:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:03:20.970Z og:title: Seth Meyers on His Simple Trick to Interviewing Kellyanne Conway og:description: The Late Night host has a secret to his success og:url: https://time.com/4785882/seth-meyers-on-kellyanne-conway-interview/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt416698782dbb76a0/6988ce11656a3f4c0bbd0137/kellyanne-conway-seth-meyers.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Late Night with Seth Meyers - Season 4 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Seth Meyers on His Simple Trick to Interviewing Kellyanne Conway twitter:description: The Late Night host has a secret to his success twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt416698782dbb76a0/6988ce11656a3f4c0bbd0137/kellyanne-conway-seth-meyers.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Seth Meyers on His Simple Trick for Interviewing Kellyanne Conway > Sponsored content. 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Kellyanne Conway accused CNN’s Anderson Cooper of sexism Thursday after he rolled his eyes at her during a heated exchange on his show earlier this week._  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 19, 2017 3:37 PM UTC Kellyanne Conway accused CNN’s Anderson Cooper of sexism Thursday after he rolled his eyes at her during a heated exchange on his show earlier this week.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 19, 2017 3:37 PM UTC During a January appearance on _Late Night_, [Seth Meyers](http://time.com/4780646/seth-meyers-trump-classified-information-russia/) memorably went toe-to-toe with President Donald Trump’s senior White House counselor, [Kellyanne Conway](http://motto.time.com/4775611/kellyanne-conway-anderson-cooper-interview-sexism/) who has staunchly defended [untrue statements](http://time.com/4642689/kellyanne-conway-sean-spicer-donald-trump-alternative-facts/) made by White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer. Even the late night comedian is quick to admit that it wasn’t his interviewing skills that came in handy for him. In a recent interview with [_GQ_](http://www.gq.com/story/seth-meyers-is-the-most-patriotic-man-in-america), the host revealed the secret to keeping up with Conway is having his live audience of fans to keep things in check. --- > “” --- Watch the full interview below. ## Transcript [00:01] Now, your White House is saying that what he [00:05] did was wrong, but previously, as a candidate, Donald [00:09] Trump was saying it was the right thing. You're [00:11] conflating two things that don't belong together. [00:13] Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I was on your [00:15] show often last fall saying we were going to win [00:17] Michigan and how we were going to do it. So that was [00:19] fun but here's what happened today. Today, not in a [00:22] campaign, in the White House, the president of United [00:25] States So that person doesn't exist anymore? [00:28] Candidate Donald Trump, that's a fictional character [00:31] we no longer are allowed to refer to Now only referred [00:33] to the Donald Trump who exists today? Anderson, I'll [00:36] ignore how unkind that is. And all I'll say is, as [00:39] President of the United States he needs confidence in [00:41] his FBI Director and he doesn't have it. And the [00:43] Attorney General- When was the moment he lost [00:44] confidence? 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