Colbert’s Melania Trump Exposes Herself as ‘Juror #11’
The Gilded Age actress and Tony-winning Broadway star Laura Benanti made a surprise appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Monday, returning to the show with her first hilarious portrayal of Melania Trump in more than a year.
Prior to teasing that an anonymous juror from Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial would be joining the show, Colbert wondered about Melania Trump’s whereabouts and shared that though the former first lady had been in Manhattan the day Trump’s verdict was announced, she still didn’t make an appearance in court.
“Notably absent [from the trial] has been Melania Trump,” Colbert said, “She has not released any public statements about the trial and she never showed up in court.”