Melania Trump has been back in the spotlight, speaking with Anderson Cooper about her husband’s “locker-room talk,â€Â so Stephen Colbert decided it was time he asked “Melania†(played by national treasure Laura Benanti) back on the show. Using her perfect impersonation, Benanti presented a plausible working theory for why Melania was willing to forgive her husband’s heinous, lewd comments: An off-screen media handler is feeding her the lines. With clear hesitation and confusion, Benanti as the potential future FLOTUS explains Donald’s “locker-room talkâ€: “I did not know this, but when American men gather to sport, they always brag about grabbing women by the Billy Bush.†When pressed about the gross comments, her response is perfect: “[All men are] animals,†Benanti says. “If only a woman could be president.â€
