Late-night hosts discuss ominous numbers for Netflix, 4/20 shenanigans, and Ted Cruz’s bizarre criticism of Disney opposing Florida’s don’t say gay law
“You know how you know Netflix is in trouble? It’s because they’re even considering ads,” he added on the company’s plan to introduce a cheaper, ad-supported subscription plan. “You realize for years, Netflix has hated ads,” he said. “They treated ads the way French people treat everything.”
New polling says that 37% of Americans use weed – “while the remaining 63% say they were just holding it for a friend”, Colbert joked – and two-thirds of Americans also say they want recreational marijuana use to be legal under federal law and in their own state. On Monday, Cruz said of Disney, which opposed the law that bans public school teachers from discussing sexual orientation or gender identity before third grade: “I think there are people who are misguided trying to drive Disney stepping in saying, in every episode now they’re going to have you know Mickey and Pluto going at it. Really? … These are kids. You can always shift to Cinemax if you want that.
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