Jon Stewart got so caught up in his passionate monologue on “The Daily Show” that he ended up injuring himself.
On Monday’s episode, Stewart took aim at the high cost of prescription drugs in the U.S. and the federal subsidies given to pharmaceutical companies. He blasted the system for its corruption, saying, “We’re so f***ing numb to it, we actually tout tiny cracks in that exploitation as victory.”
He then played a clip of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, where Biden proudly announced an agreement with drug manufacturers to negotiate prices on ten specific medications. Stewart mocked the announcement, pretending to be overly excited: “Ooh, can it be? The companies we subsidize with billions of dollars are allowing us the privilege of negotiating the price of ten of their drugs?!”
He continued, “And ten is all of them, right? It would be embarrassing if it was a small drop in the bucket and the American people didn’t expect that we should negotiate for all their f***ing drugs! Because we’ve already paid for ‘em with our subsidies!”
While slamming his “World’s Most Dad” mug down on his desk in frustration, Stewart accidentally shattered it, and the audience gasped. He then looked at his hand, dropped it below the desk, and told the crowd, “I’ll be going to the hospital soon.”
By the end of the segment, his hand was wrapped in a bandage.
Watch the video below:
Move over, DOGE. @jonstewart whips out his trusty calculator to identify where America's waste, fraud, and abuse really is pic.twitter.com/UUDJrBFFL9
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) February 25, 2025
After the show, Stewart joked about the incident on social media. “We’re back! New Daily Show tonight!,” Stewart wrote in a post on X. “It’s a bloody good episode…emphasis on bloody…I’m an idiot…”
