April 15, 2025

Katy Perry puts the Ass in Astronaut! Plus Why Gretchen Whitmer is hiding her face!

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Transcript

Patrick Gutfield delivers the HOTTEST political stories with his signature snark! President Trump IGNORES Cheryl Hines at UFC, and demands CBS lose its license in a twenty billion dollar revenge lawsuit. Plus, Governor Whitmer HIDES behind folders during an ambush Oval Office appearance, and aty Perry and friends put the "ASS in astronaut" with designer spacesuits on Blue Origin's historic all-female mission!

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Kalaruka Shark Media.

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From Washington, DC, where we'll take your photo even if

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you hide your face. This is ballad, that's right, ballot,

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the show that supports Trump more than anyone, and the

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show whose hosts shouldn't be sent.

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To El Salvador. Hi.

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I'm Patrick Gutfield, and before we begin today, let me

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just reiterate that nobody supports President Trump more than I do,

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Unlike those ungrateful jerks at sixty minutes, Trump is back

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on truth Social absolutely fuming about CBS in sixty minutes,

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like they personally hit his TV remote. He's demanding the

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network lose its license after they aired a segment about

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Ukraine and his bizarre obsession with buying Greenland. The episode

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featured Ukrainian President Zelenski talking about that tense Oval Office

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meeting where he basically suggested Vice President JD.

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Vance was being Putin's hype man.

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Trump is still fixated on that Kamala Harrison interview from October,

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claiming sixty Minutes did deceitful editing and completely and corruptly

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changed her answers. He's suing them for twenty billion dollars.

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Which of you asked me isn't nearly enough. I got

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your backed on. Sixty Minutes shouldn't even be allowed to air.

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CBS should be forced to air this show. In his post,

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Trump called on FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to impose maximum

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fines and punishment on CBS.

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There's just one tiny problem.

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The FCC doesn't actually license networks, only individual stations. It's

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like threatening to revoke someone's driver's license when they annoy

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you on a bicycle. Last month, Trump was equally outraged

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about George Clooney's Sixty Minutes interview, calling him a second

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rate movie star and failed political pundit.

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This from the guy who starred in Home Alone.

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To Governor Gretchen Whitmer made a surprise visit to the

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Oval office, and it went about as well as bringing

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a vegetarian to a steakhouse. The New York Times captured

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this incredible photo of Whitmer literally hiding her face behind

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two blue folders while Trump was speaking to the press.

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Two folders.

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She wasn't just checking her notes, she was creating a

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makeshift privacy screen like she was voting in a booth.

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You could practically see the thought bubble above her head. Saying,

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I don't know how I got here, and I want

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to leave immediately. According to Whitmer's office, she was surprised

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when she got whisked into the Oval office during Trump's

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press conference. She was just supposed to have a nice, quiet,

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closed door meeting about tariffs and Michigan defense investments. Instead,

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she found herself standing there as visual background while Trump

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went on about the twenty twenty election being rigged. Her

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spokesperson made sure to clarify that her presence is not

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an endorsement of the actions taken or statements made at

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that event. Translation, please don't use this in campaign ads

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against her.

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President Trump was at UFC.

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Three hundred and fourteen, and let me tell you, the

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arena went absolutely wild for him, the kind of reception

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you'd expect for someone who just announced free parking at

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the airport.

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But here's what happened.

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Trump walks in making his grand entrance, and there's Health

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Secretary Robert Kennedy Junior standing there with his wife, actress

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Cheryl Hines from Curb Your Enthusiasm. Kennedy extends his hand.

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Trump gives him this big enthusiastic shake, very warm, very friendly.

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Then there's Cheryl Hines hand extended ready for her presidential greeting,

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and Trump just walks right past her completely ignores her hand.

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Hines had to settle for awkwardly patting Trump on the

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shoulder as he breezed by to chat with Joe Rogan. Meanwhile,

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Kennedy's just standing there laughing it off, like yep, that's

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my boss. Apparently Trump did make up for the snub later,

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holding Hines's hand while chatting with her and Kennedy. I

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guess in politics, like in real estate, it's all about location, location, location,

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and Hines finely found herself in the right spot at

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the right time. Yesterday, Blue Origins, first all female space

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flight successfully launched into the Great Beyond with quite the

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passenger list Lauren sim Sanchez, Katy Perry, Gail King, NASA

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rocket scientist Aisha Bo, astronaut Amanda in Wynd, and filmmaker

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Carrie Anne Flynn. It was like the right stuff, but

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if John Glenn was wearing custom designed Monts spacesuits, that

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put the couture in astronaut couture. According to Sanchez, who

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happens to be dating Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos, these

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suits were specifically designed for women, unlike the typical male

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suits that get hastily tailored. She worked with Monse designers

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to create something that was both functional and flattering, because

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why not look fabulous while experiencing zero gravity. Maybe Star

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Trek did get it right with those mini skirts. The

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suits were made of flame resistant stretch neoprene, with special

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features like zippered calves for that perfect spaceflare look. Each

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woman underwent a three D body scan to ensure their

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cosmic outfit fit just right. Fernando Garcia, one of the designers,

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admitted they almost put a corset in Sanchez's suit, which

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she apparently would have been a totally fine with. Nothing

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says conquering the final frontier like cinching your waist.

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Katie Perry declared, we are going to put the ass

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in astronaut.

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Not quite for all mankind, and I'm pretty sure that's

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not what NASA had in mind with their astronaut training program,

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But here we are. This is truly a giant leap

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for womankind and an even bigger step for space fashion.

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Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to

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Go request a three D body scan for my next

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flight on Spirit Airlines Portions of today's program were made

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with the help of our great President, whom I support,

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the UFC, NASA and AI