Jon Stewart Says It “Would Be Lovely” To Welcome Trevor Noah Back To ‘The Daily Show’ & Ponders Upcoming Election Coverage
deadline.comJon Stewart is hoping that Trevor Noah may eventually return to The Daily Show — as long as they can share the spotlight. “Am I being fired?” he joked in response to a reporter’s question backstage at the Emmys about whether he’d want to welcome the show’s other former host back to the desk.
In all seriousness, though, he added: “That’d be lovely. The more the merrier.” Stewart joined the rest of The Daily Show crew after their Outstanding Talk Series win at the 76th annual ceremony.
He said that, while he’s grateful for all the talent on stage, he’s convinced they’re operating on borrowed time because “the understanding is some other producer who has more money than basic cable is going to say, ‘Oh, that person can do something great for us.'” The comedian has said he will stay with the show through the presidential election, joking Sunday night that might mean he never really leaves. “My feeling is this election will never end.
So why would I? How could I leave? I won’t be allowed to leave until the election, until we’re all ground to some sort of calcified nub by the emotional moment,” he pondered.
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