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Stewart Blames Epstein, Booed Over Trump, Munn Sends Off

6/2/2026

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Jon Stewart, host of The Daily Show, opened the post-holiday episode saying he needed good news.
He blamed booking agent Jeff Epstein of Universal Attractions for recruiting talent for a U.S. President Donald Trump party.
Stewart mocked the Iran-U.S. peace talks, and the audience booed his “Epstein sympathizers” line.
Olivia Munn interrupted, called the episode a send-off for Stewart, and performed an acoustic-guitar song.

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Story summary

Jon Stewart, host of The Daily Show, opened the post-holiday episode saying he needed good news.
He blamed booking agent Jeff Epstein of Universal Attractions for recruiting talent for a U.S. President Donald Trump party.
Stewart mocked the Iran-U.S. peace talks, and the audience booed his “Epstein sympathizers” line.
Olivia Munn interrupted, called the episode a send-off for Stewart, and performed an acoustic-guitar song.