Stephen Colbert connected the dots after Jeff Bezos made a curious purchase. According to the New York Times, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer finally found a buyer willing to pay retail: Amazon. And Bezos is paying far more than what it’s worth. Amazon said on Wednesday, according to the outlet, that it “would acquire the 97-year-old film and television studio for $8.45 billion — or about 40 percent more than other prospective buyers, including Apple and Comcast, thought MGM was worth.” That’s a lot of money for a struggling studio.
Colbert brought up actor Tom Arnold, who has said repeatedly that he has friends who worked on The Apprentice reality show for all 15 seasons of its run. Arnold has said they have recorded the now-missing footage of Trump sexually harassing employees and using the N-word. Mr. Arnold has said many things, and they could come out if Colbert’s prediction is accurate.
Colbert scrutinized Bezos’ purchase, saying that he paid well over what the studio is worth.
“Why would one of the world’s richest men pay almost twice the value of a struggling movie studio that recently went bankrupt?” Colbert asked. “Well, it could be that Jeff Bezos has an ongoing feud with the former president,” and added that “all the outtakes from The Apprentice are owned by MGM.”
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“The price tag is almost $9 billion and would give Amazon a treasure trove of showbiz titles.” Colbert then noted that insiders have valued MGM at only $5 billion, then he questioned why Bezos “really wants” it.
“The private footage of a TV billionaire is going to belong to an actual billionaire,” Colbert said. The Late Show host then delved into accusations that there is footage out there that includes racist language from the former president, including Tom Arnold who the actor says he saw it personally. Colbert then rolled a clip of Arnold saying, “He [Trump] says every bad thing ever — every dirty, every offensive, every racist thing ever.”
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If you don’t believe Trump would say such things, then you haven’t been paying attention. As for the reason behind Bezos’ purchase, we’ll have to wait to see.
Featured image via screen captures combined with Bezos via Wikimedia Commons
