Veteran late-night talk show host Seth Meyers has ridiculed US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth for his contribution to the ongoing war against Iran. The Saturday Night Live alum made fun of the latter’s stance on the conflict in the Middle East amid the Pentagon’s reportedly massive spending, going as far as to joke that Hegseth is “24/7 meat-constipated.”
Seth Meyers roasts Pete Hegseth amid reported $93B spending
In a recent episode of his talk show, the 52-year-old media personality blasted the federal official for promoting “war-fighting” while expenses on the conflict continued to surge.
Seth Meyers kicked off the ‘A Closer Look’ segment of the Late Night with Seth Meyers episode by introducing Pete Hegseth as “defense secretary/morning show host/fifth-year senior who just found out that yeah, he’s gonna need to do a sixth year.”
Meyers then played a September 2025 clip of the Secretary of War, where he makes it clear that “the only mission of the newly restored Department of War is this – war-fighting, preparing for war, and preparing to win.”
The Awesomes co-creator then tore down Hegseth’s terminology by noting, “Was there a problem with the term’ warfare’? Did we need ‘war-fighting’? It’s just a weirder way to say the same thing. It’s like asking someone if they want to go out to dinner-eating.”
Despite Pete Hegseth’s claims that the administration will cut down unnecessary costs, reports displayed by Seth Meyers revealed that his department had spent $15.1 million on ribeye steak and another $6.9 million on lobster tail in September 2025.
“No wonder Hegseth always looks miserable – he’s 24/7 meat-constipated,” Meyers jibed. “That’s the face of a man war-fighting with his colon. Also, it’s a real contradiction here telling us how tough you are, but now I can only picture you wearing a bib.”
“The Pentagon seems a lot more focused on fancy meals and high-end instruments than laying out concrete goals for the war in Iran, which might explain why no one seems to know what we’re actually doing there,” Seth Meyers added, alluding to the billions expended by the department IT support for cable TV, luxury music instruments, and the aforementioned steak meals.
