Jon Stewart revealed on his podcast earlier this week that some politicians he had on “The Daily Show” were only honest in the green room — and that their representatives seemed mystified when the concept of authenticity was discussed.
Stewart was interviewing “Pod Save America” co-hosts Jon Lovett and Jon Favreau on his “Weekly Show” podcast when the latter called for politicians to ignore their representatives when attempting to speak their minds, prompting swift recognition from Stewart.
“We would invite all the press people from senators’ offices and congressional people’s offices to come to the show in the afternoon,” Stewart said Thursday. “And we would do, like, a panel with them. I would talk to them and they would ask questions.”
“They inevitably [went], ‘So, you know, my boss, I’d love to have him have a successful appearance on “The Daily Show,” I think that would be really helpful for my boss. What’s your advice on what would make a successful appearance?’” he added.
Stewart continued, “And I’d go, ‘Oh, well, you know, your boss could come on the show and tell me what they think, and then what I’ll do is, like, I’ll say what I think about what they said, and then we’ll talk about it.’ And they’d be like, ‘So the strategy is authenticity?’”
