One week after Twitter asked to #FireColbert due to a profanity-laden gay joke about Vladimir Putin and President Trump, Jon Stewart showed up to have his old friend Stephen Colbert’s back.
During the Late Show With Stephen Colbert’s star-studded Daily Show reunion, which also boasted Samantha Bee, John Oliver, Ed Helms and Rob Corddry, Stewart filmed a one-on-one segment with his former correspondent, taking the time to defend him for the controversial joke that landed him in hot water with certain viewers.
The former colleagues then discussed a late night host like Colbert’s role in “making sense of things” politically, with Stewart admitting that he sometimes misses the thrill.
It’s the difference between insult and injury,” Stewart concluded.