Jon Stewart jokes about finding his own name in Epstein files

Jon Stewart has addressed the new Epstein files released last Friday, which revealed more information on the investigation into convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. This included the names of several high-profile people who were allegedly involved with Epstein to some degree, such as tech billionaires Elon Musk and Bill Gates, as well as further mentions of President Donald Trump.

Even so, Stewart doesn't seem optimistic that the newly released files will actually instigate any sort of change.

"The chances of this breaking MAGA are actually worse than Trump just lowering the age of consent to be done with the whole fucking thing," quipped the Daily Show host. "Which is not to say there isn't awful shit in this new Epstein dump. It was a veritable who's who of who you imagine wanted someone to touch their hoo-hoo. Allegedly."

Stewart also joked about having been mentioned in the Epstein files himself, though he wasn't involved in any of the nefarious activities chronicled. Rather, Stewart is mentioned in a 2015 email exchange between Epstein and producer Barry Josephson, in which the former put forward the idea of a stand-up comedy special starring "Woody." ("You all know which Woody, right? It's the Epstein files, it ain't Harrelson.") In response, Josephson suggested that instead "make a true biographical experience with his stand-up being the capper. Somebody like Jon Stewart could host/narrate the biographical part."

"Excuse me?" said Stewart, expressing faux outrage. "I am offended. 'Somebody like Jon Stewart'? Or Jon Stewart? My point is, do I have the offer, or is this an audition?"