--- 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  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 Now, your White House is saying that what he did was wrong, but previously, as a candidate, Donald Trump was saying it was the right thing. You're conflating two things that don't belong together. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I was on your show often last fall saying we were going to win Michigan and how we were going to do it. So that was fun but here's what happened today. Today, not in a campaign, in the White House, the president of United States So that person doesn't exist anymore? Candidate Donald Trump, that's a fictional character we no longer are allowed to refer to Now only referred to the Donald Trump who exists today? Anderson, I'll ignore how unkind that is. And all I'll say is, as President of the United States he needs confidence in his FBI Director and he doesn't have it. And the Attorney General- When was the moment he lost confidence? 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