Jon Stewart Sends a Message to Paramount on Colbert's Behalf
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Jon Stewart tore into President Trump’s “penis insufficiency” in an impassioned defense of canceled TV host Stephen Colbert.
Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, Jon Stewart and John Oliver joined Weird Al Yankovic and Lin-Manuel Miranda to support Stephen Colbert after 'The Late Show's' cancellation by appearing in a segment inspired by the Coldplay kiss-cam incident.
"I reached out to him, and I remember… he called me back. I was in a hotel room in Portland," Maron recalled. "And he goes, ‘Hey, you know, it's, it's Jon Stewart.' I'm like, ‘Hey man, how you doing?'" Maron then proceeded to explain the podcast he was doing and invited him to participate. Stewart replied, "I'm not doing that."
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Mediaite on MSN‘A Must Watch Show’: Bill Simmons Predicts Jon Stewart Could Quit the Daily Show On-Air Tonight to Protest Colbert Cancellation
Bill Simmons said it was “in play” for Jon Stewart to quit The Daily Show on-air in response to the canceling of Stephen Colbert’s show. Last week, CBS announced the cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Jon Stewart doesn’t know whether The Daily Show will survive Paramount Global’s merger with Skydance—the one Paramount was willing to settle with Donald Trump to secure—but the show is adding yet another anti-Trump correspondent to its hosting rotation.
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