Jon Stewart Says Elon Musk Flaked on 'Daily Show' Interview Offer

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jon-stewart-elon-musk-interview-1236154439/

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jordanlund@lemmy.world · 188 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Surprising nobody.

inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world · 60 pts · 1y

Well at least we know why trump grabbed on to him.

kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 167 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Brave Sir Elon ran away. Bravely ran away away. When danger reared it's ugly head, He bravely turned his tail and fled. Yes, brave Sir Elon turned about And gallantly he chickened out. Swiftly taking to his feet, He beat a very brave retreat. Bravest of the brave, Sir Elon!

RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

Came here for this and was not disappointed.

dhork@lemmy.world · 146 pts · 1y (2 replies)

chicken!

toiletobserver@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
b3an@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

That’s a pussy in your country?

zephorah@lemm.ee · 114 pts · 1y (20 replies)

Musk probably watched Stewart’s conservative show interview appearances over on YouTube, dating back to his first stint on the daily show. They couldn’t trip Stewart. He rolled over all of them. The interviews stopped, again, surprising no one.

dhork@lemmy.world · 157 pts · 1y (19 replies)

Jon Stewart single-handedly got CNN's "Crossfire" ( featuring a not-yet-fully-crazy Tucker Carlson) cancelled just by going on the show and doing his thing.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Stewart%27s_2004_appearance_on_Crossfire

In the final exchange before a commercial break, Carlson remarked that he thought Stewart was "more fun on your show, just my opinion." Stewart responded, "You know what's interesting, though? You're as big a dick on your show as you are on any show."

(Shit, that was over 20 years ago. I'm old ....)

LandedGentry@lemmy.zip · 57 pts · 1y (11 replies)
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mysticpickle@lemmy.ca · 60 pts · 1y (9 replies)

Jon Stewart: "How old are you?"

Tucker Carlson: "35."

Jon Stewart: "And you wear a bow tie."

"Look, I'm not suggesting you aren't a smart guy, because those things are not easy to tie. But the thing is, you're doing theatre, when you should be doing debate. It's not honest... what you do is partisan hackery."

Jon Stewart on Crossfire

And so savage was the mockery that he never wore a bowtie again.

Speculater@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Bro, around 10:50 Jon made a statement he would later regret:

"In terms of the absurdity of this group, they're going to be hard to top."

Regarding the Bush administration.

SilentStorms@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 21 pts · 1y

To be fair, he was responsible for the deaths of 4 million people, yet is better remembered for fucking up a proverb. That’s pretty absurd.

dhork@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y

There is a direct line between GWB and Trump. The lies of the Bush administration and it's denigration of the "reality-based community" laid the groundwork for Donald Trump's Big Lies. if Al Gore won in 2000, I doubt we would have Trump today. Ron Suskind wrote all about it in the NYT back then. This article about the article is not behind their paywall:

https://theweek.com/articles/854892/what-karl-rove-right-about-realitybased-community

The aide said that guys like me [Suskind] were "in what we call the reality-based community," which he defined as people who "believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality." I nodded and murmured something about enlightenment principles and empiricism. He cut me off. "That's not the way the world really works anymore," he continued. "We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality — judiciously, as you will — we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors ... and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do."

danc4498@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y (3 replies)

That was Carlsons “rejected from art school” moment.

Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (2 replies)

What do you think Krasnov's "rejected from Art School" moment was?

archonet@lemy.lol · 4 pts · 1y

That white house correspondent's dinner where Obama joked at his expense.

skulblaka@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y

From all the information I've been able to gather, all signs seem to point toward "being born"

JustZ@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

Seriously, he ruined that dude's trademark fashion statement. Lol. Tucker is a snowflake confirmed.

WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Bowties would become cool again six years later, but Carlson never would.

anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y

When he yelled “that went great!” It probably sealed the deal.

zephorah@lemm.ee · 35 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Right? Makes you feel old, doesn’t it?

Elon can’t handle it so he ducked out. In addition, Tesla probably texted him and said don’t.

Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de · 35 pts · 1y (2 replies)

His cybertruck sent him a message saying "this is an uphill battle. I cannot help, you're on your own"

subignition@fedia.io · 27 pts · 1y (1 reply)

And then caught fire.

JustZ@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

And then locked it's doors to make sure any witnesses were dead.

jj4211@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

I suspect everyone knows better than to tell him not to do it. That's likely as anything to make him decide he will do it.

But they also know if they don't press the issue, Musk will always flake on any thing like this.

hopesdead@startrek.website · 10 pts · 1y

I don’t know how my mother convinced me to watch Crossfire. I was a kid. She thought it was intellectually awesome.

EDIT: To be clear, I don’t remember anything about Crossfire.

eldavi@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y

(Shit, that was over 20 years ago. I’m old …)

i watched that crossfire interview when it first aired and i think it's telling that stewart & the daily show et al. are still the primary vanguard of american liberalism when the rest of the world has changed; especially so when they solely focus on stoking the culture war fires and ignoring the class war that creates them.

Raiderkev@lemmy.world · 93 pts · 1y (14 replies)

I'm shocked. Right up there with his cage fight with Zuck. He can't handle pressure. He got booed at Chappelle's standup show, and reportedly locked himself in his office to the point where people had to check on him and were worried he was self harming. He's fucking 10 ply.

GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 22 pts · 1y (2 replies)

He's spare parts.

ubergeek@lemmy.today · 16 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Not at the rate of his drug usage... His parts wont even be usable.

GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 1y

His fucking parts have been trash since the original unboxing.

CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y

He’s fucking 10 ply.

Okay, I almost did a literal spit-take when reading that. I had just taken a sip of coffee.

Well done. 🤣

Kayday@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y (1 reply)

That's a Texas-sized 10-4 good buddy

InputZero@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y

You knows, I'd normally not be okays withs callin a guys soft. As my women studies teacher says it's only the performance of the's masculinities and the threats of takins its away that keeps the cycles of the patriarchies going. That's beings saids, Elon's nots exactly what's the kids today's are calling woke.

jagged_circle@feddit.nl · 8 pts · 1y (4 replies)

That's extremely thick toilet paper

12ParsecsLater@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (3 replies)

10 ply = soft

jagged_circle@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I think it means 10 pieces glued together

EpeeGnome@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

It's not meant to be taken literally, but as a blatant hyperbole. The joke is referencing the fact that 2 ply toilet paper is notably softer than 1 ply toilet paper, and extrapolating that to the fictitious extreme of 10 ply toilet paper which, if possible, would be unbelievably soft. It's from the show Letterkenny, as are a bunch of the other things people are commenting in response.

ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

Oh, I thought it was a plywood reference which didn't really make sense in context. 10-ply plywood is pretty badass.

Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Geez, Elon self-harming? What's not to like?

ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

He's too weak to make a proper job of it.

ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

He got booed at Chappelle’s standup show

Even as much of a hot mess as Chapelle has become, I assume that Musk had to pay him to come onstage with him. I wonder how much it was.

Cruxifux@feddit.nl · 70 pts · 1y (5 replies)

What a fucking coward. I was actually excited for this. I should have known better.

1984@lemmy.today · 31 pts · 1y

He has nothing to gain from talking to intelligent people. They will easily show how dumb he is.

InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y

I also still want him to fight Mark Zuckerbutg.

ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

Ask yourself this, why would he do anything that makes you excited? He wouldn't. He doesn't care about anyone but himself, and it doesn't help him.

Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

To be honest, I'm less disappointed by this than I am with his avoiding a good ass kicking by Zuck.

Cruxifux@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 1y

I mean I hate both of those people so the idea of one winning a fight didnt excite me.

Furbag@lemmy.world · 69 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I knew he was going to pussy out. Conservatives who are routinely in the public eye can't survive outside of their safe spaces. That's why Republican politicians are cancelling their town halls. They can't handle anything other than a gentle interview on FOX or OAN with the questions sent to them ahead of time so they can get their answers from the heritage foundation.

Dimmer@leminal.space · 14 pts · 1y (1 reply)

the right suddenly stopped talking about masculinity is jaw-dropping

jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

It's insulting to president musk and his fat, gross lap dog.

fox2263@lemmy.world · 55 pts · 1y (5 replies)

I’m sure he’ll be on Joe rogan again getting verbally fellated and reassured that he dodged a bullet not going on the violent left wing propaganda deep state media show

AlienContact2049@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y

Him "smoking" the spliff on that show was the epitome of a "pick-me".

RedAggroBest@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (3 replies)

From what I've seen, if you watch any of Rogan you'd find that he's not actually shouting MAGA to the heavens. He's literally the "I'm just asking questions" guy, a useful idiot who normalizes right-wing thought for them, not the place they go for reassurance. Bannon and the like are the ones saying crap like deep state conspiracy.

Mischaracterizations are what fuel the right's rhetoric when they try to say we don't know what we're actually talking about.

TheresNodiee@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y

Oh no he pretends to be balanced to some degree but he's completely bought into the maga propaganda. He may be a useful idiot, but he's a useful idiot who is all in 100%. They're not mischaracterizing him at all.

Bannon is smart enough to know it's all a means to an end but nobody's going to him for reassurance. Especially not Musk. Bannon loves shit talking Musk.

ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Rogan literally said Musk "saved us" - before the election no less.

prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 1y

I think this used to be true, but not so much anymore.

Lootboblin@lemmy.world · 53 pts · 1y

Hey Elon!

JustZ@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Typical far-right behavior. They stay in their safe spaces and pay to artificialy amplify their unpopular messages.

What was it, like a quarter of all the accounts on Facebook and Twitter are just AI chat bots trying to get people to engage?

ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Lol a quarter? I doubt even the real ones comprise a quarter.

RustyShackleford@literature.cafe · 42 pts · 1y (16 replies)

SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 1y (15 replies)

What’s that?

Banana@sh.itjust.works · 33 pts · 1y (12 replies)

I think they're calling elon a pussy, which is ironic because a pussy is far stronger than he will ever be

Xanthobilly@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Yah, most pussies can take a real beating in my experience.

Banana@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Oh I am well aware; I have one of my own!

Xanthobilly@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

😉

toynbee@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Just an interesting fact, one which you may already know: "Pussy" in this context is said to be short for "pussilanimous," a word meaning (among other things) "lacking courage." (I learned this part from a very classic episode of The Simpsons!) Supposedly it is not meant to refer to any part of anyone's anatomy. If accurate, it is a much more apt use of the word.

Banana@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Fuck I totally forgot about that episode! Maybe we should do away with calling that anatomy "pussy" then. Seems like the femmes have been taking back "cunt", at least in my circles, so maybe there's hope there

toynbee@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

"Pussy" when used to describe anatomy always kind of seemed rude to me anyway. (I might not be very good at dirty talk.) Personally, I'm fine with whatever word, so long as it is widely recognized and accepted so that communication can be effective. However, I have no justification for trying to be part of the decision making process, as I am not possessed of such an organ, nor am I a medical or linguistic expert.

I don't discuss the topic often, but I would generally use specific words that I think of as neutral in casual conversations, or words that are meaningful between us if talking to my wife intimately. I probably wouldn't use "cunt," with the possible exception of when talking to an Australian.

For your nostalgia and enjoyment:

Deeper, you pussilanimous pilsner pusher!

RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Should we spell it pusi instead?

toynbee@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

It's okay with me!

P1nkman@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Calling Elongated Muskrat a pussy is derogatory towards pussies.

Banana@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y

Precisely!

RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

And far more interesting

ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one · 4 pts · 1y

Also, fairly confident if people had the option of being with Musk or a generic pussy. The pussy would win.

Asafum@feddit.nl · 9 pts · 1y (1 reply)

It's a San Diego

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y

It’s German, you see.

Cheems@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 1y

Did his mom tell him no? Like with the Zuckerberg fight?

Empricorn@feddit.nl · 35 pts · 1y

Not surprising. Fuck you, Musk pathetic racist asshole...

jagged_circle@feddit.nl · 33 pts · 1y (3 replies)

I don't think that man wants to be in a room with someone smarter than him on live TV

CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y

someone smarter than him

...and that's a LOT of the population.

Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Which is why he entirely avoids live TV. Elon is at best an idiot savant. And I'd put emphasis on idiot.

100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it · 3 pts · 1y

He Mr Magoon'd his way to being the wealthiest man in the word

DarkFuture@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 1y (4 replies)

What else would a coward do?

He couldn't even follow through on his fight with clothing store mannequin Mark Fuckerberg.

Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Even though he's just 5'7" and 155 lbs, I don't think I'd want to take Zuckerberg on.

Soggy@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I've got half a foot and a hundred pounds on him, I would jump at the opportunity.

kat_angstrom@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

I don't even know you but I'd jump at the opportunity to watch that

ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Eh, I don't think he's been upgraded to the liquid metal version yet so you'd probably be OK.

meowmeowbeanz@sopuli.xyz · 27 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Musk demands unedited interviews but can't handle unfiltered criticism—irony at its finest.

😺😺😺😺

T00l_shed@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Stewart's reply was that all their interviews like this are unedited lol

drascus@sh.itjust.works · 27 pts · 1y

He has shut down other interviews too. Its clear all he wants is people who kiss his ass and tell him his smart he is.

ToiletFlushShowerScream@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 1y

We know fElon is a coward. Always has been.

xmunk@sh.itjust.works · 24 pts · 1y

Elon is a punk ass bitch.

TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee · 24 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Ya'll need to watch the clip that goes along with the article.

Funny and fucking terrifying.

anindefinitearticle@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
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wanderwisley@lemm.ee · 23 pts · 1y

They should have Mike Myers go on as Elon and do a mock interview.

Majorllama@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 1y

And nobody is surprised even slightly.

demizerone@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 1y (6 replies)

He a bitch like asmongold

MJKee9@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y (3 replies)

I stopped paying attention to asmon after he started openly supporting genocide of muslims and brown folk. Has he doubled down on that stance in the last few months?

Edit: downvotes from asmon stans on lemmy? Quick poll to the downvoters: what's your instance? I have a guess, but I want to see if I'm right.

foggy@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Never been a fan. He shows up in my feed sometimes.

Recently someone called him Jew, prejoratively, and he not only was offended but like, really angrily corrected the record that he's German, ok? (I guess to him this is the opposite of Jewish?) and idk just the whole interaction and his demeanor in that moment was a bright red flag.

This was all in the wake of the Elon fake gamer shit. Maybe I read into that small interaction too much but my Nazi senses went 5 alarm.

MJKee9@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

I did a quick search after I made the comment, and noticed that he cut ties with otk after his genocide comments and has begun his transformation into full right wing nutjob. I'm not surprised he doubled down on being a shithead.

YesButActuallyMaybe@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 1y
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Makhno@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Asmongold looks like he smells of cum and teenage girl perfume

nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y

That seems to be his appeal, if you can believe that. He serves as validation for a specific type of degenerate lifestyle I think moreso than his views.

eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 21 pts · 1y (5 replies)

What a shock. Jon wouldn't hold back punches, and Musk knows that. Musk only goes on Podcasts where the host's opinions change depending on the guest.

ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y (2 replies)

For me the weirdest moment was when Joe Rogan - before the election - said that Musk "saved us". Not "is going to save us", already saved us.

AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Drumpf also alluded to "he's got the best coders, it's just one line of code," fElon will hand us the win! Before the election.

fElon also said before the election, "If he [Drumpf] doesn't win, I'm probably going to prison," [sic] alongside President Elect Drumpf

ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

During the 2000 election, the Diebold electronic voting machines used in many states stored results in an Access database. Kids today wouldn't understand how disastrously insecure that was (Access DBs had an audit table that was manually editable). I have zero doubt that newer machines have similar "flaws" baked in (even if they didn't use Starlink as was reported briefly), making the results absurdly easy to rig.

Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

There's also a huge huge risk of speaking with a master debater (yw). Smart people are everywhere. People who are genuinely good at debating are terrifying to argue with. It's a rabid animal except they have facts and logic and easy to understand, well structured arguments. It's infuriating.

raynethackery@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Wish my school has offered debate.

MuskyMelon@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 1y

Just like he backed down from fighting Zuckerberg... Chicken-shit Nazi

Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Every one of these people in Trump's cabinet is a pussy.

AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y

fElon isn't in his cabinet. That's kinda one of the many Constitutional Crises that are playing out in real time.

cultsuperstar@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y

Is anyone surprised? Elon is dumb, but he's knows better than to go up against Jon.

NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 1y

like so many others...

called it!

takeda@lemm.ee · 13 pts · 1y

Jon also talks about it here: https://youtu.be/OeUZI5RnYGg?t=55s

archonet@lemy.lol · 12 pts · 1y

Fuckin' weenie.

Punchshark@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 1y

Musk is a bitch with a big ol pussy

goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org · 11 pts · 1y

Figured Elon would wait until the day off to back out, not immediately after Jon announced it was on

engene@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 1y

All talk. No substance. Like all of MAGA. Just a bunch of J@cka$$e$ 🙄

spongebue@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y

Let me tell you all how surprised I am.

Ok, I'm done.

phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 1y

Of course he did, he was never serious about doing an interview as Jon would absolutely bury him alive

jollyrogue@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 1y

Airing 45 minutes of them trying to get ahold of Elon would have been great. 🤣

Vegeta@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 1y

sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 1y

What a surprise.

MellowYellow13@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Im so shocked