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Pedro Pascal And Stephen Colbert Have People Fanning Themselves After Sharing A Smooch On 'Late Show'
May 15, 2026
"Is he or isn't he" is a question most of us have asked about Pedro Pascal a time or two, but Stephen Colbert is a whole other subject!
But after the pair shared a smooch on Colbert's show on Tuesday, the internet is all a-flutter—and having a major thirst moment.
Pascal stopped by the show to promote The Mandalorian and Grogu, the latest Star Wars iteration recently released to theaters.
And he clearly saw the on-air kiss Colbert shared with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, because he coyly demanded Colbert give him one too. And Colbert was more than happy to oblige.
@pinknews Pedro Pascal asked Stephen Colbert for a cheeky kiss on Tuesday's (May 12) episode of 'The Late Show'. Pascal asked for the kiss after Jimmy Fallon kissed Colbert on Monday's episode during a game. After the kiss, Pascal explained he 'got jealous' after seeing Colbert and Fallon kiss. He wasn't the only one, though, with 'Veep' actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus also asking for one. Louis-Dreyfus said: “No one’s watching. It’s just between us,”to which the host replied, “What harm is there?" #pedropascal #pedropascaledit #stephencolbert #thelateshow
Pascal later quipped:
"I was jealous!"
Naturally, the internet went insane: Pascal is the internet's "slutty daddy," after all (and has the gay rumors to prove it).
Pascal is also set to star in a gay romance opposite Danny Ramirez titled De Noche. The film, written by Todd Haynes and Jon Redmond, centers on an unexpected love affair between a detective and a boarding school teacher.
Pascal has also been a vocal supporter of LGBTQ+ rights, especially when it comes to the trans community. Pascal's sister and fellow actor Lux Pascal is a trans woman.
So "gay icon" is putting it mildly when it comes to Pascal, and his kiss with Colbert definitely had the internet running wild.
Pascal's steamy visit is part of a stream of big names stopping by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, which is scheduled to air its last episode on May 21.
CBS and parent company Paramount have stated that the show's cancellation is a financial decision, but many fans feel it is politically motivated due to Colbert's outspoken criticism and mockery of Donald Trump.
In an episode that aired the night before Pascal's, Colbert's longtime friend Jimmy Kimmel referenced this, asking the audience why they didn't ditch their Paramount+ subscriptions en masse in protest.
So many people canceled Disney+ when Kimmel was briefly taken off the air last year for discussing Charlie Kirk's assassination that the company lost billions of dollars over just a few days. Kimmel was quickly reinstated and is still on the air today.
No such intervention seems to be coming for Colbert, but at least he's going out with a bang.
In addition to Louis-Dreyfus and Pascal, as well as his Strike Force Five podcast mates Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, John Oliver and Seth Myers, Colbert is scheduled to sit down with Tom Hanks, David Letterman and former President Barack Obama in his final week.
Perhaps they'll all get kisses too!
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Gavin Newsom Just Trolled Trump Hard For Explaining To Reporters What 'By Sea' Means In Bizarre Video
May 15, 2026
California Governor Gavin Newsom mocked President Donald Trump after Trump spoke to reporters recently about drugs coming into the U.S. "by sea" before weirdly explaining in detail what he meant by that.
Several days ago, Trump spoke at a Mother's Day event at the White House and claimed "drug traffic coming into our country is way down, and by sea," adding:
"By sea. By ocean. By the water, you know. A lot of people say, 'What do you mean by sea? Is it 'see,' like vision?"
"No, it's sea. S-E-A."
You can hear what he said in the video below.
But once wasn't enough: Trump did it again while speaking at a Rose Garden event honoring law enforcement during the recently announced Police Week, saying:
"With respect to drugs coming in by sea, meaning drugs coming in by water, by the ocean. A lot of people don't know what I mean by sea."
"They think I'm talking about vision. I'm not. I'm talking about sea, like 'the sea.'"
You can hear what he said in the video below.
It seems Trump might be the one who just recently learned this information—and Newsom quickly fired back.
Trump recently told a crowd of senior citizens that prospective presidential candidates should be required to take cognitive exams—seemingly oblivious to all the concerns about his own cognitive decline.
He has previously been criticized for bragging about acing the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), which he's referred to as an "intelligence test."
While he bragged about acing an exam used to assess cognitive impairment, he failed to understand that the higher your score, the worse the outcome—and that claiming he performed better than Democrats would if they were in his position isn't at all a good thing.
The assessment's questions are simple and ask test subjects to demonstrate if they can remember five words. Critics have stressed that it is unimpressive that Trump can remember five words—namely “person, woman, man, camera, TV”—as he demonstrated at one point on live television.
Newsom has taken him to task for this many times and did so again in a post written in a style not unlike the posts Trump publishes on Truth Social:
"'LITTLE D'S' BRAIN IS DECLINING RAPIDLY IN REAL TIME. TODAY HE WAS CONFUSED BY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 'SEE' AND 'SEA.' VERY SAD! HIS HANDLERS ARE TERRIFIED AND DESPERATELY TRYING TO HIDE IT FROM THE PUBLIC. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE THE TRUTH."
"THAT IS WHY I HEREBY CHALLENGE GRANDPA TO A LIVE COGNITIVE TEST ON NATIONAL TELEVISION. FOX NEWS CAN HOST. SEAN 'SLUMPY RATINGS' HANNITY WOULD BE PERFECT."
"I’LL EVEN LET HIM GIVE 'LITTLE D' THREE LIFELINES! PRIME TIME. NO TELEPROMPTERS. NO NOTES. 'PERSON, MAN, CAMERA, TV, SQUIRREL, ELEPHANT, GIRAFFE,' LET’S SEE WHO PASSES!!!"
You can see his post below.
People loved Newsom's response and mocked Trump's latest gaffe.
This is sure to hit a sore spot with the thin-skinned Trump, considering Newsom is widely expected to seek the presidency in 2028 and one of the most prominent voices drawing attention to Trump’s perceived cognitive and physical decline.
Trump said that Newsom isn't fit for the presidency because he has a "cognitive deficiency." Trump claimed Newsom "admitted he has mental problems, that he’s not a smart person, that he has a mental lack of ability, he’s unable to read a speech." Trump, with no sense of irony, said, "I'm for everybody, but when it comes to president, you've gotta be sharp."
Newsom has frequently spoken about living with dyslexia, a common learning disability that can make reading more difficult and affect spelling and speech. He has said he prefers not to rely on teleprompters because of the condition, and wrote in a recent memoir that, when he was younger, he overcompensated by memorizing “pretentious words.”
Considering Trump recently made a clarification about "hole" vs. "whole" milk—yes, really—during a press conference about bringing whole milk back to schools, it's pretty clear he's projecting again.
Trump said "it's whole with a 'W' for those of you that have a problem," a remark that critics suggested meant he's actually the one who can't tell the difference.
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Kaitlan Collins Calls Out Jim Jordan For Telling Americans Concerned About High Gas Prices 'That's Life'—Then He Denies Saying It
May 15, 2026
CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins called out Ohio Republican Representative Jim Jordan for telling Americans concerned about high gas prices "That's life," only for him to deny that he'd said it live on air just seconds prior.
Republicans have faced pressure from constituents nationwide to address the rising cost of living, but Americans are feeling pain at the pump now that the Iran war, which the Trump administration kicked off in late February, has prompted a spike in gas prices.
The national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline has reached $4.520, according to the American Automobile Association, up from $4.483 just a week earlier. Diesel prices also climbed nearly 2 cents to $5.674 per gallon, putting them within roughly 14 cents of a record high, though still about $2.13 lower than they were a year ago.
Collins pointed out to Jordan that President Donald Trump campaigned successfully in 2024 on concerns about affordability, particularly rising gasoline prices, asking:
“What about his promise in 2024 that if he was reelected, gas would be under $2 a gallon because of his policies?”
Jordan gave the following dismissive response, at one point saying "that's life":
“Well, gas prices were coming down until we had to deal with this situation. But, you know, that’s life. That’s dealing with world and, you know, the world we live in."
"I think the country gets the fundamental fact – and I know I understand this – President Trump makes decisions that are in the best interest of our nation, 250 years, greatest country in history.”
Collins then pressed Jordan on whether his “that’s life” remark would reassure voters concerned about rising costs:
"But if someone’s listening to you and they were paying $2.98 a gallon gas before the war started, and now they’re paying $4.53, I mean, saying 'that’s life' might not, you know, make them feel better."
Jordan responded by denying he had said what he stated less than a minute earlier:
"Those are– those are your words. Not mine. I’m saying–"
But Collins cut him off:
"No, you said, 'That’s life' just now."
Jordan replied with further justifications for the war in Iran:
"This is the situation. This is the situation. They were pursuing a nuclear weapon. They wanted to get there."
"President Trump said, 'I’m not gonna do that.' He ran on that, and he’s taken the appropriate action that I think you want your commander-in-chief to take for the security and safety of America."
Though Collins was firm, saying that Trump "also ran on bringing gas prices to under $2 a gallon," Jordan tried to play off what he said:
"Hopefully, we’ll get there soon. I want– I want gas prices low, too. I mean, we all want gas prices low. Who doesn’t, for goodness sake?"
You can watch their exchange in the video below.
People were not impressed by Jordan's behavior.
Jordan has previously been taken to task for remarks about gas prices and affordability.
He was called out during the Biden administration after he asked his followers if they remembered "how cheap gas was" during President Donald Trump's first term.
However, according to price data collected by the federal Energy Information Administration, the national average price of a gallon of gasoline for the week of Jan. 18, 2021, the week Trump left office, was $2.38, which is 28 percent higher than Trump has previously claimed.
Jordan received similar criticism after he claimed that groceries "weren't expensive during the Trump administration" at a time when news outlets were reporting that many Americans were feeling the impacts of inflation at the grocery store.
However, rising grocery prices are not necessarily new and were, in fact, observed during Trump's time in office because he he initiated a trade war, raising taxes on aluminum and steel. Ultimately, the agriculture industry and farmers in particular ended up paying the price when countries leveled retaliatory tariffs.
Considering trade wars have continued and there's now a war with Iran with Trump in office again, it's clear Jordan hasn't learned a thing.
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New Trump Mobile Promo Video Called Out For Being AI Slop In Hilariously Blunt Fact-Check
May 15, 2026
Following backlash from MAGA fans who complained they'd not received their Trump Mobile phones or their $100 deposits back, the company announced that it is indeed shipping out the phones soon by releasing a new AI video of what they look like, only to be criticized for revamping a phone that is already on the market.
The Trump Mobile T1 phone was unveiled in June 2025 on the 10th anniversary of Trump’s original presidential campaign launch, marking the Trump brand’s debut in the mobile device and wireless service market. At the time, the company said the phone would be available in August 2025.
When the T1 was first unveiled, Trump Mobile’s website showcased images of a sleek handset with a familiar look, including a rear camera layout resembling Apple’s signature three-lens iPhone design.
After several postponements, an estimated 590,000 buyers have collectively paid roughly $59 million in deposits to reserve one of the phones. Yet not a single confirmed customer has reportedly received a device. The launch date was repeatedly delayed, first to August 2025, then November 2025, then December 2025, and later to mid-March of this year.
The optics for the company have been terrible—especially in light of recent reports that it quietly revised its preorder deposit terms on April 6, 2026. The updated language now states that the $100 customers paid was only a “conditional opportunity,” rather than a guaranteed reservation for the phone.
The updated terms further state that a binding sales agreement is created only if customers complete checkout, submit full payment, and Trump Mobile accepts and successfully processes that payment—or if the company simply “makes the Device available for sale."
The backlash must have struck a nerve somewhere because Trump Mobile posted to its official X account for the first time in months, claiming:
"The T1 Phone has arrived!! Those who pre-ordered the T1 Phone will be receiving an update email. Phones start shipping this week!!!"
The post includes a video that describes the phone as "a powerful device designed for performance, reliability, and real American value" that was "built with premium materials and a sleek modern design" that "delivers the responsiveness you expect from a flagship smartphone without the flagship price."
It claims "the T1 delivers dependable performance whether you're streaming, navigating, working, or staying connected with family and friends, giving you the confidence of a phone that's ready whenever you need it." The video goes on to highlight that the phone has a headphone jack and comes with a charging cable and other accessories.
But ultimately, the $499 phone falls short of the specifications originally promoted by the Trump Organization. The device, which closely resembles a Chinese-made smartphone sold at Walmart for under $200, is now expected to come with a smaller display and reduced storage capacity, though its signature gold coloring and Trump branding remain intact.
A Community Note beneath the video points out that the whole thing is fake as a matter of fact—the video is AI-generated:
"Video is AI, US flag has 11 then 9 stripes + back texture is inconsistent. Based on the specs the T1 is a rehoused T-Mobile REVVL 7 Pro 5G (a 2024 model, which retails on Amazon $126). Wingtech/Luxshare makes it in Jiaxing, Wuxi, or Kunming China. It’s not American made."
You can see the video below.
Trump Mobile CEO Pat O'Brien said the phone’s release was delayed because of the complexities involved in bringing the device to market:
“The technology business is more difficult than some may realize as parts must be tested for quality assurances. With demand being incredibly high, orders are being fulfilled as quickly as possible, and we anticipate all will be completed within the next several weeks.”
But liberal activist Ed Krassenstein pointed out the narrative around the phone's release doesn't make sense—and is just another Trump scam:
"This is just sad. The Trump T1 phone is beginning to ship this week, and get this! It's produced in China, by a Chinese company. It's selling for $499 yet it's merely an outdated T-Mobile REVVL 7 Pro 5G smartphone put into a gold shell."
"You can buy the T-Mobile phone on eBay or at Walmart for a little over $100. Trump scammed his base yet again!"
You can see his post below.
It was clear Trump Mobile is using AI to keep the grift alive—and people quickly called the company out.
The Verge reported that filings with the Federal Communications Commission appear to show authorization for the T1 phone. According to the documents, a device submitted by Smart Gadgets Global—a company whose CEO is listed as Eric Thomas, a Trump Mobile executive—received FCC certification in January.
The Smart Gadgets Global website contains little information beyond stock technology imagery, and an AI chatbot featured on the site was reportedly unable to provide details about the T1 phone.
The grift continues.
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JD Vance Just Said The Quiet Part Out Loud About What Trump Really 'Takes Seriously' As President—And Yep, That Tracks
May 15, 2026
In his announcement this week that the Trump administration will be withholding $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments from California due to alleged fraud, Vice President JD Vance had people raising their eyebrows after claiming that President Donald Trump "takes fraud seriously."
As part of his role overseeing anti-fraud efforts, Vance said the administration is targeting California because state officials are not taking Medicaid fraud seriously enough. Vance claimed both California and American taxpayers were being “defrauded” and alleged that some patients had been given unnecessary medications after fraudsters encouraged “false prescriptions” and improper treatment.
The administration’s action mirrors a similar move taken earlier this year against Minnesota, where Medicaid payments were suspended. Vance also warned that all 50 states could face cuts to funding for their Medicaid Fraud Control Units if they fail to “aggressively prosecute Medicaid fraud,” saying the administration is prepared to “turn off the money” to units that do not do their jobs.
Then at another point, he made this claim:
"Let me just close with one final observation here. First of all, why are we doing this now? Why weren't we doing this two years ago? The simple answer is because we didn't have a president and we didn't have an administration that took fraud seriously."
"I want to thank the President of the United States though I know he's busy in China. All of these efforts, all of these things we are finding are because we have a president who has told us: 'Take the fraud seriously, get to root of it, and turn off the money when we find out money goes to fraudsters.'"
"That's exactly what we're doing."
You can hear what Vance said in the video below.
Saying Trump "takes fraud seriously" is an understatement.
Trump has used his presidency to enrich himself at the expense of taxpayers at a dizzying rate, whether it's false promises about a "made in America" Trump phone, his $10 billion suit against the IRS, or Eric and Don investing in companies that win no-bid contracts with the U.S. government.
This is the same man who has spent years lying about the integrity of the 2020 election and was convicted in 2024 on 34 felony counts, including falsifying business records to conceal hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels to illegally influence the 2016 election.
This is the same man who a jury ruled was responsible for the sexual abuse and defamation of writer E. Jean Carroll, awarding her $5 million in damages as the appropriate consequences for Trump's persistent dissemination of false defamatory statements after Carroll said Trump had sexually assaulted her in the mid-1990s in the Bergdorf Goodman department store in New York City.
Separately, New York Attorney General Letitia James accused the Trump family business of engaging in “fraudulent or misleading” practices by misrepresenting the value of its assets.
A judge later imposed a financial penalty of $354.8 million on Trump, along with an additional sum of around $100 million in pre-judgment interest, determining Trump had artificially inflated his net worth with the intention of securing more favorable loan terms.
Trump eventually claimed the 8th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution's prohibition on "excessive fines" makes the fine levied in his New York fraud trial unconstitutional. He failed to note that the stipulation about "excessive fines" applies to criminal cases, not civil ones.
Vance was instantly called out for saying the quiet part out loud.
Vance was joined at the event by Dr. Mehmet Oz, who also addressed the administration’s decision to defer certain reimbursements to California, claiming the state’s Medicaid records had raised “major red flags.”
Oz said officials were seeking clarification over hundreds of millions of dollars in billing, including expenditures he alleged were connected to healthcare coverage for undocumented immigrants, despite undocumented immigrants not being eligible for Medicaid benefits.
Sounds about what you'd expect from another man notorious for peddling pseudoscience and conspiracy theories.
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