Culture | Who gets the last laugh?

Greg Gutfeld, America’s most popular late-night host, rules the airwaves

The left gave him his perch

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Recently Greg Gutfeld, who hosts America’s most popular late-night show, on Fox News, became a father for the first time at the age of 60. Like all comics, he mined his experience for material. During his first show back, he took aim at his favourite targets, including liberals (“It amazes me more that some moms can be so pro-abortion…because these moms know that having kids is the best thing they’re ever going to do. Aside from ironing”) and transgender people (“Any man who thinks putting on a dress and a wig makes you a woman: no way! I was there when that baby popped out, and no dude can do that. You might as well put on a diaper and claim you’re a baby”).

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