Jon Stewart by accident lower open his hand on Monday evening’s “Every day Present” after shattering a mug on his desk as he railed in opposition to the pharmaceutical trade.
Stewart spent a lot of the opening monologue criticizing President Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk’s efforts to make finances cuts by way of their Division of Authorities Effectivity program.
Stewart known as himself “DOGE curious” and stated he additionally want to remove waste, fraud and abuse ― then went after the hassle for as an alternative focusing on on a regular basis staff and comparatively low-cost packages.
He slammed DOGE for not taking up the oil trade, which reaps billions in authorities subsidies, and pharmaceutical corporations, which develop medication with the assistance of taxpayer cash after which promote these drugs again to the general public at high greenback whereas additionally having fun with additional protections from the federal authorities.
Stewart smashed his mug in outrage:
His hand started bleeding virtually instantly.
“I”ll be going to the hospital,” Stewart stated after a fast take a look at the injured hand, which he saved out of sight behind the desk for a lot of the remainder of the section.
When he introduced it out close to the top of the monologue, nonetheless bleeding, the viewers groaned in unison.
“It’s tremendous!” he yelled as he appeared on the harm.
Later within the present, throughout an interview with Georgetown Regulation’s Rupa Bhattacharyya, Stewart continued to maintain that hand out of sight ― and when it did briefly seem, it was bandaged however with blood nonetheless seeping by way of.
“Oh wow, this factor’s actually popping out,” he stated.
Stewart later wrote on X, previously Twitter:
See the way it unfolded within the Monday evening “Every day Present” monologue: