Nearly five years after leaving Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, Jon Stewart has finally revealed why he decided to walk away from the satirical news series.
Speaking with Joe Rogan on the JRE podcast this week, Stewart admitted that he left the show after 16 years because he was simply burnt out.
When Rogan told Stewart that he missed seeing him on TV because the current political climate was a “perfect” situation for Stewart’s signature satirical political commentary, Stewart said that there are already so many people doing that type of comedy. “I really did burn out.
Like I felt like it’s just redundant,” explained Stewart. “I was really tied to that rhythm of the 24-hour news cycle – and how f***ing redundant it is, and how cyclical.
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