{"id":2259303,"date":"2026-01-31T04:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T04:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2259303"},"modified":"2026-01-31T04:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T04:26:09","slug":"stephen-colbert-trolls-melania-trump-with-1-epic-fact-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/stephen-colbert-trolls-melania-trump-with-1-epic-fact-check\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Colbert Trolls Melania Trump With 1 Epic Fact-Check"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cNow, obviously, he\u2019s one of the richest men in the world. That\u2019s chump change to Bezos himself,\u201d Colbert said. \u201cBut it might have helped the 16,000 people that Amazon announced they were firing yesterday.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The company announced the layoffs earlier this week, which The New York Times reported<\/a> was meant to \u201ctrim bureaucracy and free up money for plans to spend heavily on artificial intelligence.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But as Amazon workers lose their jobs, the company is spending millions to promote the movie \u2015 and the first lady herself has been doing interviews with friendly right-wing media outlets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWhat I wanted to do is to put the product, film, into the theaters,\u201d the first lady told Fox Business.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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She called her movie a \u201cvery cinematic product,\u201d adding: \u201cPeople will see it, will see fashion.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cAll accurate,\u201d Colbert said. \u201cExcept for the part where people will see it.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Wrap reported<\/a> that the documentary is expected to take in just $3 million this weekend. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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See more in Colbert\u2019s Thursday night monologue: <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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