Steve Martin’s interview with Seth Meyers’ Martin Short quickly turns into a brutal roast

Whenever Martin Short is on a talk show, you know the first few minutes will be taken up with him roasting the host mercilessly.

Seth Meyers is no different. Appearing nearby Loner Criminals in the Building actor Steve Martin in the play Late Night clip above, Short jumps fun to get the first few jabs.

“You know of all the anti-vaxxers you’re my favorite,” Short said. “Let me just say that there is no one better than you at nursing a dying elf.”

“Well, since I’m here he finally put the cameras in the Ring above the urinals,” chips in Martin.

“And what did you mean backstage when you said to me ‘we are very close to a female president?'” asked Short.

The rest of the interview continues in the same vein, with Martin and Short eventually leaving Meyers alone and trading blows between themselves.