Jon Stewart slams Elon Musk for backing out of ‘The Daily Show’ appearance

Jon Stewart had a message just for Elon Musk on Monday night’s episode of The Daily Show, following his social media exchange with the adviser to President Donald Trump about him appearing as a guest.

After Stewart invited him to come on, Musk said he would do it if the interview were to air unedited.

“After thinking about his offer, I thought, ‘Hey, that’s actually how the in-studio interviews normally air, is unedited. So, sure, we’d be delighted,” said Stewart, who responded on Musk’s X social media platform.

Stewart joked that he could offer Musk any amount of time.

“I’ll be honest. I don’t think this network makes any other programming,” he said. “So we can do whatever the f— we want, as long as we want — as long as we wrap before the new season of South Park, which comes out in like May or June of 2026. So I am game. I think it’ll be a very interesting conversation.”

Stewart saw later that Musk had changed his mind.

“He then said, after saying he’d like to come on, ‘Jon Stewart cannot be trusted.’ And that I am a propagandist. And that I am not bipartisan,” Stewart said. “Again, the guy who custom-made his own Dark-MAGA hat, that he wears to opine in the Oval Office with the president who he spent $270 million to elect, thinks I’m just too partisan.”

Then he spoke directly to Musk: “Look, Elon, I do have some criticism about DOGE. I support, in general, the idea of efficiency and delivering better services to the American public in cheaper and more efficient ways. And if you want to come on and talk about it on the show, great. And if you don’t want to, sure. But can we just drop the pretense that you won’t do it because I don’t measure up to the standards of neutral discourse that you demand and display at all times? Because, quite frankly, that’s bulls—. You know it, I know it. It’s bulls—.”

Stewart was so passionate delivering his report last week that he broke a coffee mug by slamming it on his desk. At the time, he reassured the audience that he was okay, but the blood was visible.

He said there was “an actual meeting of the safety department of Paramount and Viacom that was like, ‘No more ceramic for Mr. Stewart.'”

Then, he slammed down a new sippy-mug to show that it wasn’t ceramic.

“I am not allowed to have big boy mugs anymore,” he cracked.