CBS’s outgoing host of After Midnight, Taylor Tomlinson, continued to display her infatuation with alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson assassin and terrorist Luigi Mangione on Wednesday’s show. After a monologue discussing the latest trends in men’s fashion, Tomlinson put up a photoshopped image of Mangione, claiming, “I'm just glad that the internet has shown men how to attract women. It's easy; just dress like this.”

The first trend was the idea that men wear shorts when they feel confident about the economy. Referencing a video she played earlier in the monologue, Tomlinson declared:

“I’ll be honest, the truth is I don’t know if this is a good measure for the economy or not, but we had to write jokes about it because this morning I got caught watching the shorts video and I had to be like, ‘It's for work. I'm learning about thighs, I mean guys, I mean the economy. Shut the door! Shut the door behind you!’ Obviously, our economy is in a bad place right now, so I am asking every American man to do their part. Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what your thighs can do for your country. 

 

 

Moving on to the second trend, Tomlinson referenced an article from the Guardian, “In other men’s fashion news, the biggest trend is now ‘slutty little glasses.’ Seen this? Yeah, the little wire-framed glasses, described in this article as "barely there" are considered the hot new accessory for men to wear. And I definitely get this. If a man is wearing glasses, I assume he can read. 

Tomlinson added, “That's how low the bar has gotten for men. Like oh, my god, it is so hot that you are literate. There is nothing hotter than a guy with an elongated attention span who knows how to use it. Am I right? Am I right?”

Concluding, Tomlinson put up a picture of Mangione in his orange prison jumpsuit surrounded by police officers, edited to turn his pants into shorts and to include the glasses in question, and declared, “It's also the opposite of the movie trope of a girl taking off her glasses and magically becoming hotter. Yeah, because men like it when girls are impaired and can't see through their lies. Honestly, I'm just glad that the internet has shown men how to attract women. It's easy, just dress like this.”

It may be hard for a show that will be cancelled after a year and a half on the air to have a defining legacy, but After Midnight’s will be the host’s bizarre quest to turn an alleged assassin and terrorist into a sex symbol.

Here is a transcript for the April 2-taped show:

CBS After Midnight

4/3/2025

12:40 AM ET

TAYLOR TOMLINSON: I’ll be honest, the truth is I don’t know if this is a good measure for the economy or not, but we had to write jokes about it because this morning I got caught watching the shorts video and I had to be like, "It's for work. I'm learning about thighs, I mean guys, I mean the economy. Shut the door! Shut the door behind you!"

Obviously, our economy is in a bad place right now, so I am asking every American man to do their part. Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what your thighs can do for your country. 

In other men’s fashion news, the biggest trend is now "slutty little glasses." Seen this? Yeah, the little wire-framed glasses, described in this article as "barely there" are considered the hot new accessory for men to wear. And I definitely get this. If a man is wearing glasses, I assume he can read. 

That's how low the bar has gotten for men. Like oh, my god, it is so hot that you are literate. There is nothing hotter than a guy with an elongated attention span who knows how to use it. Am I right? Am I right?

This is such a dramatic change in how glasses are seen, right? It used to be that Superman would disguise himself as Clark Kent. Now, Clark Kent takes off his glasses, and everyone's like, "Where'd that hot slut go?" It's also the opposite of the movie trope of a girl taking off her glasses and magically becoming hotter. Yeah, because men like it when girls are impaired and can't see through their lies. Honestly, I'm just glad that the internet has shown men how to attract women. It's easy; just dress like this.