“Day by day Present” host Jon Stewart stated Monday evening’s damage that left him bleeding on the set in the midst of the opening monologue was truly the second time he wanted stitches for a bit gone improper.
“It was a margarita blender with me and [John] Oliver,” he stated in a brand new video, referring to a section in 2011 wherein the blender broke, reducing open his wrist. “And Oliver couldn’t have been happier.”
Stewart stated Oliver “sat there gleefully watching,” and at one level supplied up a Monty Python-esque “it’s only a flesh wound” as he bled.
As Stewart recalled the earlier damage, he confirmed off the results of his present one, along with his finger wrapped in a makeshift bandage that somebody on set devised.
“They only go, ‘You need some duct tape on that? Outdated electricians trick,’” he stated. “I’m like, ‘Certain.’”
Stewart lower his hand open throughout Monday evening’s present when he smashed a mug in anger as he railed towards the pharmaceutical trade in the midst of a section specializing in how DOGE is focusing on federal employees and slashing primary companies whereas ignoring authorities handouts to large companies.
“I’ll be going to the hospital,” Stewart stated after analyzing the wound.
But when he did go to the hospital, it wasn’t straight away: He not solely powered by means of the remainder of the opening monologue, he additionally accomplished the present with the damage, at one level exhibiting the wrapped hand nonetheless bleeding as he interviewed a visitor.
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Watch Stewart discuss concerning the damage throughout a “Day by day Present” behind-the-scenes section known as “After The Lower.”
That’s been the identify of the video collection all alongside, however the title appears particularly becoming this week: