Two jokes minimize from the identical hand.
“Daily Show” host Jon Stewart recalled when an on-set accident left blood “spurting everywhere” simply moments after slicing open his hand whereas smashing a mug in anger at former President Joe Biden.
Stewart, along with his index finger wrapped with electrical tape, mentioned that he first “drew blood” within the identify of comedy throughout a 2011 bit with John Oliver involving a margarita blender.
“That was more of an artery,” Stewart mentioned Monday.
In a resurfaced clip from June 2011, Stewart and Oliver reenacted a press convention of then-Congressman Anthony Weiner who had admitted to mendacity about his notorious sexting scandal a day earlier, in response to The Hollywood Reporter.
Stewart was behind a podium with a Motel 6 microphone making a margarita when he started punching the bottom of the mixer and cracked the glass he was holding, successfully chopping himself.
“That’s not good,” Stewart mentioned. “I’m probably gonna need to go to the hospital.”
The clip minimize to Oliver behind the rostrum as Stewart nursed his wound calling consideration to the “visibly injured hand.”
“That’s a genuine problem,” Oliver mentioned.
Oliver then invoked a line from Monty Python and the Holy Grail” throughout the impromptu emergency
“At one point he yells at me, ‘It’s just a flesh wound,’” Stewart mentioned.
Stewart described his former Comedy Central star as gleeful as he suffered from the on-stage mishap.
“We’re back! New Daily Show tonight! It’s a bloody good episode…emphasis on bloody…I’m an idiot…” he mentioned on X.
Stewart retold the unique, extra bloody, incident throughout a break in filming Monday’s present as stagehands cleaned up the damaged mug and blood from across the desk.
Stewart injured himself at first of Monday’s present when he known as for the Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE) to give attention to the billions in subsidies given to firms, significantly pharmaceutical firms.
The 62-year-old comic turned his anger in opposition to former President Joe Biden for less than chopping the costs of 10 medication.
In his pretend tirade, Stewart grabbed a white mug with the title “World’s Most Dad” – an obvious dig at DOGE chief Elon Musk – earlier than smashing it on his desk, chopping himself within the course of.
“F–king thanks! Come on!” he yelled.
The host was left bleeding and needing first assist, telling the gang he can be visiting the hospital afterward.
“I’ll be going to the hospital soon,” he then joked
After grimacing and searching on the minimize, Stewart threw his hand below the desk earlier than bringing it again later within the monologue as viewers members gasped on the damage.
“It’s fine,” Stewart yelled on the viewers, failing to comprise his laughter.
“Daily Show” stagehands frantically cleaned up the mess surrounding Stewart’s desk as he instructed the gang the wound was lined up by some “duct tape.”
