Legendary comedian Jay Leno recently spoke to Piers Morgan and stated that he’s “not a fan” of former President Donald Trump, and has stopped performing politically-driven comedy as a result via Mediaite.
“What do you think of this phenomenon, of Trump the politician?” Morgan asked during a sit-down in Leno’s enormous vintage car garage.
“Well, I’m not a fan,” Leno began. “Like this thing where they want to restrict him on the ballot. I’m against that ’cause that could turn against you.”
“It’s antidemocratic,” Morgan interjected and Leno agreed.
“If the people want that person as president, that’s fine. I mean, I’m not a fan, and it has nothing to do with politics. I just don’t think morally — I think we could do a little bit better. You know all these indictments, whatever it might be.
“I just stopped doing politics in my act altogether. You know, when I did The Tonight Show, the idea was you made fun of both sides equally…they’d both be angry. And I’d go, ‘Oh, that’s good.’ You know, they both think you’re supporting the other guy.
“Now, you’ve gotta take a side and people are angry if you don’t. I find when I start to tell a political joke and they want to know the punch line before — is this pro or against — you know? So I just stopped doing it.”
“Really?” Morgan asked.
“I just want people to come and laugh and have a good time,” Leno said.
