Fox News Melts Down After Biden Eats Ice Cream with Seth, Talks Gaza Ceasefire: A Closer Look

-President Biden announced that the United States is working toward a

ceasefire

in Gaza that could come as soon as Monday, but he also sent the nation into a full-blown constitutional crisis by eating ice

cream

with me. To learn more about this, it's time for "A Closer Look." No wait. "A

closer

lick." Yes, I finally used it. Guys, something strange happened to me on Monday. We had President Biden on our anniversary show. We asked him some questions. We made some jokes. It was a nice moment, then after the show he asked me to go down with him to get some ice

cream

and I said, "Sure, why not?" It was the anniversary of our program.

I was in the mood to celebrate. Also, my wife doesn't like me eating dairy after 5:00. But when the President asks... A few hours later, I come home, sit on the couch and relax doing what all Americans do to relax. I turned on cable

news

and was stunned, flabbergasted, one might even say anxious, to see this on my TV screen. -Seth Meyers walked into an ice cream shop with none other than President Biden. -The President and Meyers stopped by an ice cream parlor. -The President enjoying an ice cream cone there with Seth Meyers. -He grabbed an ice cream cone with Seth Meyers. -The president made a spontaneous announcement at an ice cream parlor after recording a segment with late-night host Seth Meyers, which is why you see him standing next to him. -Seth Meyers and President Biden had ice cream while talking about the war in the Middle East. -The president of the United States answered very serious questions about Israel, for example, while he licked an ice cream cone. -Holding an ice cream- I know.

I thought, "It's melting. This is weird." But they asked him the question. He answered the question. -It was really strange. Yes, really strange. -Do you think it was strange for you? I was standing right next to him. I'm usually the one who watches the

news

more closely. Now I'm in the news, which means it's time to take a

closer

look

...at myself. For more on this... By the way, I'm ashamed that I forgot the first rule of comedy. When the Middle East comes up, put down your ice cream cone. Seriously, cameraman, didn't you want to help out a brother and frame the shot a little closer?

Never before in my life has the music "Curb Your Enthusiasm" played louder in my head than it does at this moment. -We are close, we are close. It's not done yet. -By the way, this is not the first time this has happened to me. Eagle-eyed history students will also notice that I was eating ice cream next to Ronald Reagan when he gave his "Tear Down This Wall" speech. I was with Nikita Khrushchev at the UN during the Cold War. And I was present at the signing of the Declaration of Independence. I am the reason for the famous chocolate stain.

Seriously, you're trying to

look

serious next to the President of the United States while licking honeycomb ice cream surrounded by a group of strangers. You know, at least I have to admit that I had a very gentle and super charming icebreaker for all the customers at the ice cream shop. Hello. How are you? -Hello. -It's good to see you guys. See? Look, I don't need writers. But you know what? Good. So what? So what? Then I was on the news for solemnly licking an ice cream cone. At least it wasn't global news. -Let's hear what Joe Biden said yesterday while filming in New York with Seth "Mayer." -Seth Mayer?

Well, the hits keep coming. Who is Seth Mayer? You're making me sound like John Mayer's less cool brother. While John Mayer shreds on stage, Seth Mayer stands off to the side eating ice cream. He makes small talk with the audience. Do you also like music? And apparently it's not just the UK where I didn't make much of an impression. One pro-Trump pundit wrote on Twitter... You're not alone! I'm standing right there! I'm Seth Mayer and I deserve some respect. Of course... Of course, the scenario wasn't as significant as the substance of what Biden said when a reporter asked him about the possibility of an imminent

ceasefire

in Gaza. -Well, I hope by the beginning of the weekend.

I mean at the end of the weekend. At least my... my national security advisor tells me we're close. We are close. It's not done yet. And my hope is that by next Monday we will have a ceasefire. -Don't incriminate me. The worst part of that clip was when the camera showed me holding my ice cream. There is nowhere to put it. The whole time I was watching that, I was thinking, "Please stay with Biden. Please stay with Biden. Please stay with Biden. Ah! Damn!" You might say, "Why didn't you look where the camera was pointing?" I couldn't get caught looking into the lens.

I already felt like I was in an episode of "Curb" and "Veep." I also didn't want to do a Jim Halpert look at the camera. No, I will say, as I was listening at the time, I was thinking to myself, "I really hope he's right about an imminent ceasefire." In fact, I hope it comes as soon as possible, because as far as I know, the only way out of this nightmare is an immediate and lasting ceasefire and the safe return of all the hostages. Meanwhile, Axios reports that... Wait, why until mid-March? Shouldn't we always respect international law?

I'm no legal expert, but my understanding of international law is that, like ice cream, it is available all year round. There are no exceptions. There is parking on the alternate side. I've never seen a sign that says... So, agree or disagree, there was a lot of material to discuss in Biden's appearance on his show on Monday, but the right seemed focused on what was clearly much more important to them: the icecream. -Something else that was a little fun tonight, seeing President Biden at the ice cream parlor in New York where he was fundraising and taping a late-night comedy show. -Forgive me, Bret, but I'm shaking my head at that.

Consider the optics: a major news announcement, moving closer to a ceasefire, while having ice cream with Seth Meyers. There is something wrong with that. -That's what he said while he was eating ice cream there, that ice cream cone, which, if that's true, is an important political announcement that you wouldn't normally make with an ice cream cone in your right hand. -Do you know who lights up ice cream? Children and elderly. -You know, between sips of his ice cream cone, Forrest Gump is starting to wear me out with all this. Personally, I'm sick and tired of hearing about how much you love ice cream. -Okay, first of all, I wasn't slurping, because slurping makes a sound and the only thing I could hear was my heart pounding and the ice cream slowly dripping onto my cone hand.

Also, Biden is not Forrest Gump in that situation. Am! It's me standing next to a world leader not knowing why I'm there and wishing I was just playing ping-pong. He's not the Gump. I the Gump. It's like my mom always said, "Do you guys like ice cream too?" I didn't know. I didn't know if they liked it. And I wanted to ask. They were tourists. She wanted to say, "If you don't do it, go somewhere else." And I also know that Biden is not Forrest Gump because, unlike Gump, Biden is not running. He's more of a shuffler, you know?

Even more than Donald Trump is capable of doing. That man can't run or drag his feet. If we ever invited him on this show, we wouldn't even make it to the couch. He would just wander in circles until he forgot where he was and just gave up. Also, I would never invite Trump on this show because, “A,” it would be useless and, “B,” what would we eat next? There is no KFC at 30 Rock. And if there was, the CNN headline would probably read... By the way, I agree that it's not ideal to make serious announcements while eating ice cream, but to be fair, he was already eating ice cream, and then he was asked the question . .

If the question had been "Do you like sprinkles?" That would have been a crazy answer. So Fox was upset about the ice cream, but no one was more upset than Fox host Jesse Watters. -A grown man, especially the President, should not be licking ice cream in public. -Yes, a grown man shouldn't lick ice cream in public. They should be at the Iowa State Fair giving glory to a corndog. Adult things. Did you know? You're right. Adults should never eat ice cream in public. And Fox News would never do something so embarrassing. -It's National Ice Cream Day and we celebrate it with a sweet setup in Fox Square.

We're joined by Friendly Restaurant President and CEO Craig Erlich. Craig, good morning to you. Happy National Ice Cream Day. -Thank you so much. We have our Cone Head ice cream. We have our Monster Mash ice cream. We have our usual ice cream. We have our Jim Dandy ice cream. Everyone loves Jim Dandy. And then my favorites are Fribbles. And to celebrate our birthday, we're giving away Fribbles. -Okay, first of all, to be fair, I only knew about that clip because I was there too. I mean, guys, it's right across the street. I heard about the free ice cream and I said, "Screw politics.

I'm going to buy a Fribble." Good. That's just "Fox & Friends." They do things like that all the time. Surely no Republican president would be caught dead in an ice cream parlor. -Donald Trump visits Carvel Ice Cream in Westwood and his fans are delighted with the sweet surprise. -Trump stopped at a nearby Dairy Queen after his campaign speech. He was greeted with chants of "United States!" while he handed out Blizzard ice creams. -You were at a Dairy Queen and couldn't guess what a Blizzard could be? At least when Biden was asked if he wanted a cup or a cone, he didn't say, "I don't know what either of those things are." This is the same kind of performative outrage that right-wing media has specialized in for years.

They don't care if their hypocrisy is blatant and transparent. Maybe the next time Trump is on Fox News, they can ask him a blunt question like... This was "A Closer Lick." Hello everyone, thanks for watching "A Closer Look." And as a reminder, my brother Josh and I started a new podcast called "Family Travels with the Meyers Brothers." We hope you listen. We hope you like it. We will see you soon.