--- ---  # Seth Meyers on His Simple Trick for Interviewing Kellyanne Conway  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 19, 2017 3:37 PM UTC  Kellyanne Conway during an interview with Seth Meyers on January 10, 2016 Kellyanne Conway during an interview with Seth Meyers on January 10, 2016Lloyd Bishop/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images  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. Seth Meyers on Kellyanne Conway Interview ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4785882/seth-meyers-on-kellyanne-conway-interview/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4785882/seth-meyers-on-kellyanne-conway-interview/"},"headline":"Seth Meyers on His Simple Trick for Interviewing Kellyanne Conway","datePublished":"2017-05-19T15:37:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:43:48.535Z","description":"The Late Night host has a secret to his success","url":"https://time.com/4785882/seth-meyers-on-kellyanne-conway-interview/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","politics","Seth Meyers","Late Night","Late Night with Seth Meyers","TV","Late Night Television","kellyanne conway"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt416698782dbb76a0/6988ce11656a3f4c0bbd0137/kellyanne-conway-seth-meyers.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt416698782dbb76a0/6988ce11656a3f4c0bbd0137/kellyanne-conway-seth-meyers.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Late Night with Seth Meyers - Season 4","caption":"Kellyanne Conway during an interview with Seth Meyers on January 10, 2016","creditText":"Lloyd Bishop/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4785882/seth-meyers-on-kellyanne-conway-interview/","name":"Seth Meyers on His Simple Trick for Interviewing Kellyanne Conway"}}]}] ```