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Hasan Minhaj Jokes About Losing ‘Daily Show’ Job After Fact-Checking Scandal: ‘Have You Ever Failed So Bad, You Bring Back Jon Stewart?’
Hasan Minhaj joked about losing the 'Daily Show' hosting job after a controversy caused by a New Yorker article fact-checking his stand-up specials.
The month before, Variety had exclusively reported that he was the frontrunner to replace Trevor Noah as host of “ The Daily Show,” but he lost the job after the scandal arose. On Thursday, Minhaj pretended to heckle Chieng from the crowd, calling out, “You planted that story about me!” before joining him onstage: “Who the fuck fact-checks stand-up comedy? Stewart’s return has reinvigorated “The Daily Show,” quickly bringing the franchise to viewership heights it hadn’t reached since he left in 2015.
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