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Audience Horrified After Jon Stewart Accidentally Injures Himself During 'Daily Show' Segment

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The Daily Show host smashed his prop coffee mug on the desk before realizing he'd cut himself pretty badly and remarking, "I'll be going to the hospital."

Like any good performer, Jon Stewart seems to take seriously the maxim that an artist must suffer for his art—though he might have taken it just a touch too literally.

Audience members at The Daily Show were left shocked recently when Stewart smashed his prop coffee cup on his desk as part of a bit, only to end up gashing the heck out of his hand.


In all went down during one of Stewart's signature rants in which he took to task Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and they're deeply stupid and profoundly illegal DOGE effort.

Stewart said in the monologue that he'd had hopes that DOGE would actually address government waste, but instead has been left as outraged as the rest of us as it has been revealed to be nothing more than a grift.

He slammed Musk and Trump for not setting DOGE's sights on things like the fossil fuel industry and pharmaceutical companies that waste gazillions of dollars in government subsidies.

To drive the point home, he then smashed his cup in a rage—only to realize he was bleeding. Like, kinda badly!

Ever the comedian, he quipped:

"I'll be going to the hospital."

- YouTubeyoutu.be

He then hid the hand behind his desk for the rest of the segment, but when he revealed it again moments later, the injury was pretty unmistakable, and the audience could be heard audibly groaning.

Stewart insisted "it's fine!" but even he was a bit surprised when he realized later, during an interview with Georgetown Law professor Rupa Bhattacharyya, that the blood had soaked right through the fabric.

People on social media had a different reaction however, with many applauding Stewart's commitment to his hot take.






Stewart himself took to X to address the incident in a post in which he quipped that it was a "bloody good" episode before calling himself "an idiot."

Maybe, but he's OUR idiot—and bleeding over a coffee mug is a heck of a lot more than the President or Donald Trump (see what I did there) have ever done for any of us.

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