Manspreading Stewart bumps lady co-host from 'Daily Show' chair
Some feminist.
Jon Stewart normally works the Monday beat at “The Daily Show” as part of his modest comeback tour. The faux anchor decided to pick up an extra shift this week, eager to weigh in ASAP on the suspension of fellow far-left talker Jimmy Kimmel.
Joaquin Phoenix, Cillian Murphy, Sharon Horgan, Steve Coogan, and Peter Gabriel are among the participants in a new activist video promoting … wait for it … Palestine.
He knows how much his country needs him, and it couldn’t wait until Monday. Bless his heart.
And, in the process, Stewart bumped the person who was slated to sit in the anchor chair. That’s Desi Lydic, who just won her second Emmy mere days ago for her work on the show.
Must be nice to be a progressive hero who can mansplain to a successful woman why he needs to take the big seat at a moment’s notice …
Rainning it in
Dwight keeps making sense.
Actor Rainn Wilson from “The Office” is a curious figure in Hollywood. He’s spiritual, but not a Christian. He’s left of center, but not someone decrying the rise of “fascism” every five minutes.
And most shocking of all, he’s aghast that some of his fellow liberals have souls so small you can’t see them without a microscope.
Wilson shared the reaction he saw from some fellow liberals after they learned that conservative icon Charlie Kirk was murdered by a leftist. We’ll let him share more:
I spoke to a couple of — let’s say liberal friends — at an event … and they were like, ‘You won’t find me shedding any tears.'
It was a little bit of a good-riddance thing, and it’s like, ‘Guys, NO!'
We cannot think or talk that way. That is not OK.”
He’s right, but it’s often the norm on the far-left side of the aisle, alas …
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Mostly piecemeal protests
Variety’s photo editors got a workout this week.
Kimmel’s firing sparked a passionate protest outside Disney offices in New York and Burbank, or so we were told. The scribe assigned to the story used all the rhetorical tricks possible to play up the outrage, with foreboding phrasing like "Disney faced the consequences of its decision …" and "The crowds slammed ABC, Disney, and Brendan Carr."
The images told the real story – tightly cropped photographs that hid the scope of the protests. This story mentioned 200 people. A separate story said 300 people showed up.
Disney is quaking in its boots, no doubt. The walls are most certainly closing in …
'Imagine' there's no audience
Here we go again.
Remember all those celebrity videos where the stars assembled for the current thing? No makeup. Robotic phrase repetition. Faces you’ve never seen before among some legit stars. Exhausting.
The worst of the worst? The BLM-era “I Take Responsibility” cringe-fest featuring Aaron Paul, Kristen Bell, and Stanley Tucci.
Et tu, Stanley?
That Gal Gadot “Imagine” sing-along during the pandemic was a close second. Even liberals loathed that one, offering a rare moment of bipartisan agreement.
Maybe that's why we didn’t get many, if any, during the 2024 presidential campaign.
But now? They’re ba-ack.
Joaquin Phoenix, Cillian Murphy, Sharon Horgan, Steve Coogan, and Peter Gabriel are among the participants in a new activist video promoting … wait for it … Palestine.
“We have to tell the truth on behalf of the people of Palestine,” Brian Cox says in the clip. U.S. photographer Nan Goldin adds, “It’s always been the artist’s role in society to speak out, to risk speaking truth to power.”
Risk? Being pro-Palestine is the trendiest thing to do in celebrity circles. Shout “Free Palestine” and expect your agent’s phone to buzz and buzz.
Cheno-wimp out
Try sharing some heartfelt thoughts for the late Charlie Kirk. Wait: Kristin Chenoweth did just that, and she had to quasi-backpedal later.
I'm sorry if emotion gets involved here, forgive me. I saw what happened online with my own eyes, and I had a human moment of reflection right then. I came to understand that my comment hurt some folks, and that hurt me so badly. I would never. It's no secret that I'm a Christian, that I'm a person of faith. It's also no secret that I am an advocate for the LGBTQ+ community, and for some, that doesn't go together. But for me, it always has and it always will.
Here's a thought: Why not grieve the death of a father and husband, gunned down in cold blood in front of his wife and daughter, without feeling the need to explain yourself to the raging, unhinged leftists who follow you on social media?
For a Hollywood star like Chenoweth, that would be speaking truth to power.
Late-night hosts react to Jimmy Kimmel's suspension in unison with the exact same awful bit
Late-night talk show hosts reacted to the suspension of their peer, Jimmy Kimmel, from his Disney-operated show.
Kimmel's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" was indefinitely taken off the air following his claims that Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin was a President Trump supporter.
'Americans are free to express any opinion we want.'
"... the MAGA gang desperately [is] trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it," Kimmel said on Monday.
Nexstar Media Group and Sinclair soon announced they would pull the show from their feeds, and ABC subsequently suspended the production.
Thursday night, the three other top late-night hosts provided their reaction to Kimmel's suspension, which resulted in an awful display of either coordination or parallel thinking.
Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show" was the first to air at 11 p.m. ET. After Stewart joked that "some people" would say the Trump administration was coldly "consolidating power" and using "intimidation" to silence people, he sarcastically added, "not me, though; I think it's great."
Stewart then went over to his diverse cast of seven reporters/fill-in hosts, whom he asked, "Is Donald Trump stifling free speech?"
In unison, they all answered in monotone, "Of course not, Jon. Americans are free to express any opinion we want."
Unfortunately, this predictable sketch was then replicated by host Jimmy Fallon just minutes later.
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"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," which airs at 11:35 p.m., wasted no time covering the Kimmel debacle. In his opening monologue, Fallon referred to Kimmel and said, "A lot of people are worried that we won't keep saying what we want to say or that we'll be censored."
But the comedian assured his audience that he would "cover the president's trip to the U.K. just like I normally would."
Fallon then began giving a report, which was interrupted by voice-overs that were complimentary to Trump. For example, Fallon said, "President Trump just wrapped up his three-day trip to the U.K., and —" with the voice-over finishing the remark with "looked incredibly handsome."
This continued before Fallon repeatedly, and painfully, inserted Trump and "Epstein files" into more jokes about the president's trip to the U.K.
If audiences still weren't tired, they could simply endure the rest of Fallon's show to get another nearly identical bit from Seth Meyers an hour later.
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At 12:35 a.m., the "Late Night with Seth Meyers" host said the Trump administration is "pursuing a crackdown on free speech," before switching gears and sarcastically saying, "I've always admired and respected Mr. Trump."
"I've always believed he was a visionary, a [sic] innovator, a great president, and even better golfer," he went on.
Meyers continued, "If you've ever seen me say anything negative about him, that's just AI."
The repetition of the similar bits across the three shows was only overshadowed by how quickly they happened. With Stewart's monologue getting into its sketch about 20 minutes into the program, that places Fallon's mirrored monologue just 15 minutes later. Then, audiences got to see the same comedy bit recited an hour later on the same network.
In an awkward display of the show's true bias, Meyers' Thursday episode also featured a drag queen who goes by the name "Jinkx Monsoon," who identifies as "trans-femme."
Hilariously, Meyers repeatedly referred to the actor — whose real name is Jerick Hoffer — as a woman.
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Jon Stewart just revealed EXACTLY how the left works
“The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart recently attempted to dunk on Blaze media co-founder Glenn Beck by claiming he flip-flopped his position on the Epstein files in unwavering support of President Donald Trump.
Of course, the talk-show host seemed to forget that taking things out of context is disingenuous — but Glenn is unfazed.
“Jon Stewart has been mocking me for years, and that’s fine,” Glenn says.
“The only reason why I want to play this,” he explains before beginning Stewart’s montage, “'cause it’s really not worth it other than for anybody who doesn’t know how the left works. What they do is they take everything out of context, and they twist it to make it look as though I’m saying something that I’m not,” he adds.
“I honestly think my favorite thing about this is watching conspiracy theorists have to unravel the red string that they themselves originally strung out. Here’s the OG conspiracy theorist, Glenn Beck, at his excitement for Trump’s beginning of the second term,” Stewart said, before playing a clip of Glenn saying he believed the Epstein files would be released immediately.
However, Stewart made it seem like Glenn was saying Trump would release the files, when it was really Kash Patel who he thought would release the files.
“I had that on very, very good authority. Trust me, very good authority on that,” Glenn says. “I can’t help that that person that told me that was wrong. It was hard to be wrong, but they were wrong. And so I look like I was just out there on a limb. I don’t really care.”
Stewart then jumps to another clip of Glenn at a chalkboard, about six months later, where he’s explaining why he doesn’t believe Trump is on the Epstein list.
The entire time, Glenn is not stating facts, but rather saying what he believes.
“I asked, ‘Do you believe that?’ Leaving it open for you to say, ‘Yes, I do believe that,’” Glenn says.
“But remember, this whole chalkboard was, ‘What do I feel is most likely,’ not ‘What happened.’ What do I feel is most likely to have happened? Why? I wasn’t excusing no release. I was saying, ‘Why wasn’t there a release? Why didn’t it happen?’ But again, you’ll notice he doesn’t cover that,” he continues.
“This is exactly the way the left works,” he says, adding, “And especially with people like Jon Stewart, who are doing comedy, you take it out of context, and you take it out of context so you can make it funny.”
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F-bombs away! Sputtering Stewart cusses out conservatives in tacky tirade
Jon Stewart needs a swear jar, stat.
The “Daily Show” host started cussing up a storm from his far-left perch years ago. Now, he just can’t stop. His reaction to Stephen Colbert’s cancellation last month? Bleepity-bleep-bleep — backed by a predominantly black gospel choir.
The 'on borrowed time' host of 'The Late Show' suggested that the left’s unhinged reaction to Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle ad campaign might be too harsh.
So much cultural appropriation.
Now, he’s lashing out at a Newsbusters study revealing how many liberal guests invade today’s late-night shows.
Spoiler alert: A lot. Stewart's sputtering riposte?
The entire bulls**t of the — again, this is them trying to police and create rules that they would never follow. ... That's how Fox is popular. That's how any of these people, you know, they all talk about "Gutfeld's the most popular," yet he's not popular because he's a both-sides guy.
The potty-mouthed pundit was just getting started.
The whole thing is f**king ridiculous and it's, it, if you look at the social media profile, all the people that complain about the left-wing bias, they're all right-wing influencers, they all make their money, their entire economy is based on how willing they are to attack. And defame and to crush liberals. The whole thing is bulls**t.
Spin, spin spin, Stewart. It’s not working, and before long, you’ll join Colbert on the unemployment line with a lot of other fellow liberals ...
(No) kiss and tell
This isn’t remotely shocking.
Character actor extraordinaire Neal McDonough says his unwillingness to kiss any actress other than his wife on screen got him blacklisted for two straight years.
Now, McDonough has shared this story before, and it was as shocking then as it is now. The newer version still went viral, possibly because even mainstream media outlets recognize how cruel that is.
It’s just part of the conservative blacklist, the unofficial punishment right-leaning stars face in La La Land. Ask Dean Cain ... or James Woods ... or Kevin Sorbo or dozens of faceless souls who know they better keep their conservative views to themselves if they ever want to work again.
Coppola bares all
Sometimes, the story behind the story is better than the, well, story in question.
That could be the case with “Megadoc,” a documentary capturing the tumultuous creative process behind Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis.” The famed director sunk millions and millions of his own money into a labor of love that crashed and burned in theaters last year.
He has no regrets. Nor did he handcuff fellow director Mike Figgis, who was embedded in the film’s production and captured all of the chaos around it for a documentary X-ray.
Could “Megadoc” revive the source material’s fortunes? Or will it stand on its own, capturing a legendary filmmaker whose grasp exceeded his reach? Stay tuned ...
Too crazy for Colbert?
It finally happened. The left got too crazy for Stephen Colbert.
The “on borrowed time” host of “The Late Show” suggested that the left’s unhinged reaction to Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle ad campaign might be too harsh.
“Now, some people look at this, and they’re seeing something sinister, saying that the genes-jeans denim wordplay in an ad featuring a white blond woman means American Eagle could be promoting eugenics, white supremacy, and Nazi propaganda. That might be a bit of an overreaction — although Hitler did briefly model for Mein Kampfort Fit Jeans.”
Whoa.
That’s partly why “The Late Show” is going the way of the pager. Instead of tearing into the insane progressive reaction to a jeans ad, he merely suggested its critics might be wrongheaded.
And in doing so, he missed some slam-dunk laughs. Perhaps he needs to hire even more writers to get that job done (at least while he still can) ...
Burr's burn
Remember the “funny” Bill Burr?
He made hilarious Netflix specials and proved you could poke fun at woke culture without taking political sides. That Burr has been missing for a while. In his place? An angry comic who shares creepy opinions, like “Free Luigi,” and mocks journalists for reminding him of his own words. Oh, and he defended California Democrats for their atrocious handling of this year’s wildfires.
Now, he’s lashing out at critics, like Ben Shapiro, who claim he went woke, a fair argument given his recent public posturing.
“Racists. They’re racists. They send pictures of monkeys to me and my wife [Nia Renee Hill, who is black]. They’re f**king horrible people. And they’re cowards, and they never say it to your face.”
In Burr’s defense, there are plenty of dumb people who share racist material online. It’s the downside of free speech. That said, his political leanings are becoming clearer by the day. And if he’s so truthful and brave, I’m sure Shapiro would be happy to debate him.
Don’t hold your breath on Burr taking up that invitation.
Jon Stewart MOCKS the black church
Jon Stewart, who BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock calls an “alleged comedian,” went viral after performing his song “Go F Yourself” while hosting “The Daily Show” — which was inspired by Stephen Colbert.
“Go f**k yourself,” Colbert said during Monday’s opening monologue, seemingly responding to President Trump saying, “I absolutely love that Colbert got fired.”
Trump went even further, writing on Truth Social that Colbert’s “talent was even less than his ratings.”
The response apparently sent Stewart spiraling into his angry performance, where he sang, “Just go f**k yourself,” over and over while what appeared to be a choir from a predominantly black church sang and repeated it behind him.
“He’s someone that rejects Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior and has no problem using a black gospel, Christian tradition, to do something this profane,” Whitlock says on “Jason Whitlock Harmony.”
“Maybe you reject Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior,” he continues, asking, but why are we playing with God? Has the culture really gotten this out of control that everything about Christianity is just a joke to the people that reject Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior? And why are we tolerating it?”
Whitlock makes the point that Stewart is Jewish, and if he did something to mock his faith, he’d be canceled.
“I’d be off the air. Period,” he says. “But you can just tear into us. You can just tear into Jesus Christ using us. Very frustrating.”
BlazeTV contributor Delano Squires is in full agreement, noting that this isn’t the first time Stewart’s done this.
“You were probably the only person who I saw comment on this whose visceral reaction was the same as mine,” Squires tells Whitlock. “Which was, ‘What? Who are the black folk?’ And this is not the first time Stewart’s done this. He did this a few years ago when he was saying, ‘Go f**k yourself,’ to Fox News and it was the same setup. He had like five black people and one white person. And I’m like, who are these people who would allow themselves to be used in this way?”
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Colbert gets canceled — by CBS, not conservatives
Stephen Colbert has been vaporized, canceled by CBS. Donald Trump is celebrating. Liberal Hollywood is outraged! Regular folks don't care.
Goodnight, everybody!
New ownership at CBS is looming, and Skydance Media evidently doesn’t want a leftist pep rally every night.
But not so fast. This is a fascinating story when you examine the power angle. The once-dominant network television media is completely falling apart. According to the Nielsen folks, fewer than 20% of Americans now watch any network programming. Why? Because it’s largely boring, and traditional Americans resent the liberal culture the networks embrace all day and all night. Woke on parade. Political correctness run amok.
I have a unique vantage point here. Because of my bestselling books and controversial demeanor in general, I have appeared on late-night shows an astonishing 75 times. I know all these guys and the world they inhabit.
Colbert basically committed performance suicide. When he took over for David Letterman 10 years ago, he was coming off the red-hot satire of Jon Stewart’s “Daily Show” and his own “Colbert Report.” Yes, the boys were left-handed pitchers, but they tamped down the malice — at least somewhat. I had a lot of laughs debating Stewart.
Over the past five years, Stephen Colbert has lost more than one million viewers; his numbers descended to just above two million households daily. Profits crashed.
The primary reason for this runaway train is Colbert’s hatred for Trump and the MAGA brigades. Eighty million Americans voted for the president. Few of them can stomach Colbert’s schtick. Ideological zealotry at midnight can be tedious. The all-time king of late night, Johnny Carson, understood that. Old Johnny got his zingers in, but he rarely tried to demean anyone.
All the late-night hosts have talent. It’s impossible to do the job if you don't. Letterman was very quick and edgy. My debates with him are legendary, especially the one where he called me a thug but couldn’t back it up when I challenged him.
On my final appearance with Dave, his audience gave me a standing ovation.
Letterman was cranky but rarely displayed overt hatred. He invited me on 16 times and wrote me a gracious note after every appearance.
Jay Leno was essentially a stand-up comedian, not deeply invested in promoting politics. Same with Jimmy Fallon, although he understands the far-left culture at NBC. Remember the heat Fallon took when he good-naturedly messed up Donald Trump’s hair?
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Jimmy Kimmel has drifted into the political swamp mostly because he despises the president. I like Kimmel personally. But he’d be wise to spread the satire around. ABC will be the next place to purge extremists.
My old adversary, Stewart, a brilliant talent, has also succumbed somewhat to strident presentations. Although when I sparred with him last August, the mischievous glimmer was back, at least for a night.
So Stephen Colbert leaves the CBS stage. New ownership is looming, and Skydance Media evidently doesn’t want a leftist pep rally every night. Hollywood will take care of Colbert, so we will see him again.
I bet Donald Trump can’t wait.
Editor’s note: A version of this article appeared originally at billoreilly.com.
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