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The last time Jon Stewart was on The Late Show, he ended up getting some pushback from his old friend Stephen Colbert when he went all in on the conspiracy theory that COVID-19 emerged from a Wuhan lab. So when Stewart returned Tuesday night, the two men made sure to assure viewers that there is no beef between them. But they clearly enjoy a healthy debate, and they found another big one to get into this time.
It began with a conversation about the “casual antisemitism” that seems to be bubbling up in recent weeks, with Stewart saying it was bittersweet to see “The Jews” trending on Twitter under “sports” after Kyrie Irving echoed Kanye West’s antisemitic comments. “Which for us, is nice,” he joked.
“Look, as our spokes-Jew, we hear you,” he continued, going on a riff about how he wasn’t on the “committee” that got West’s Adidas deal killed. “In terms of controlling, obviously, the world, sorry,” he added. “But it is my sincere hope that in my lifetime I do get to see a Christian president. I think America’s ready for it.”