By ALEX HAMMER
‘Daily Show’ host Jon Stewart has called ‘bullsh*t’ on Elon Musk’s recent characterization of him as a ‘propagandist’.
The longtime host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show did so on the air on Monday, after the billionaire insulted him repeatedly on X.
The back-and-forth started when Musk agreed to go toe-to-toe with the host last week, before casting doubt on Stewart’s integrity.
‘I will do it if the show airs unedited,’ he wrote, to which Stewart agreed, while addressing Musk’s terms in a scathing opening monologue.
‘After thinking about his offer, I thought, ‘Hey, that’s actually how these in-studio interviews normally air,” Stewart said, poking fun at the prospect.
‘So, sure,’ he went on. ‘As a matter of fact, let me sweeten or un-sweeten the pot. The interview can be 15 minutes, it can be an hour, it can be two hours, whatever.
‘I’ll be honest, I don’t think this network makes any other programming.’ After poking fun at the state of his network, Stewart sniped, ‘So we can do whatever the f**k we want, as long as we wrap before the new season of South Park.’
‘If you don’t want to, sure,’ he continued. ‘But can we just drop the pretense that you won’t do it because I don’t measure up to the standards of neutral discourse that you demand – and display – at all times.
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‘Daily Show’ host Jon Stewart on Monday called ‘bullshit’ on Elon Musk’s recent characterization of him as a ‘propagandist’. The longtime host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show did so on the air, after Musk issued the insult on social media
‘Because, quite frankly, that’s bullsh*t. You know it. I know it. Bullsh*t,’ Stewart said. ‘I am game,’ he continued. ‘I think it’ll be a very interesting conversation.’
Musk, however, held a different stance on social media, where he slammed Stewart as ‘very far left’ and a ‘propagandist.’
‘Jon is too set in his ways. He used to be more bipartisan,’ Musk wrote over the weekend in one of his follow-ups, spurring Stewart’s on-air response.
Stewart hit back: ‘The guy who custom made his own dark MAGA hat, that he wears to opine in the Oval Office with the president that he spent $270 million to elect, thinks I’m just too partisan.
‘Look, Elon, I do have some criticisms about DOGE, I support in general the idea of efficiency and delivering better services to the American public in cheaper and more efficient ways. If you want to come on and talk about it on the show, great.’
Stewart on Monday agreed, while addressing Musk’s terms – and subsequent slurs – in a scathing opening monologue. ‘I am game,’ he said at a point. ‘I think it’ll be a very interesting conversation’
‘The guy who custom made his own dark MAGA hat, that he wears to opine in the Oval Office with the president that he spent $270 million to elect, thinks I’m just too partisan,’ Stewart said separately. ‘I do have some criticisms about DOGE…come on and talk about it… if you want’
Stewart, last week, seemingly ignited some animosity with an on-air speech bashing Musk’s bid to slash federal spending – while accidentally slashing his hand in the process.
Stewart had been arguing DOGE was not focusing on making cuts ‘where the real waste, fraud and abuse in our system really is,’ when he smashed a mug that suddenly broke on his desk.
When the comedian looked down, he appeared to notice his own blood – before tucking his right hand under the desk for the remainder of the segment.
A few minutes later, Stewart displayed his hand to show that he was, in fact, bleeding, assuring his horrified audience ‘it’s fine!’ before finishing the segment.
He concluded by declaring that while he wants a more efficient government, ‘we’re DOGE-ing in the wrong place.’
‘This is where the real money is,’ he said, singling out subsidies for corporations and money given to defense contractors as prospective areas for reduction.
‘The money our free market-ish system uses to prop up corporate profit at the expense of the taxpayer,’ he explained, still bleeding.
In a tease posted to X before the prerecorded show aired, Stewart wrote: ‘We’re back! New ‘Daily Show’ tonight! It’s a bloody good episode… emphasis on bloody … I’m an idiot.’
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