Funnyman Jon Stewart took a few minutes to address a busy week of celebrity antisemitism before running off to a 1 p.m. “Jewish media mafia meeting” after his Wednesday podcast.
His sarcastic reference was to comments made by performer Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, who said during a Tuesday interview with NewsNation host Chris Cuomo that after he wore a “White Lives Matter” shirt to a fashion show, “The Jewish underground media mafia already started attacking me.”
Stewart, on his “The Problem with Jon Stewart” podcast, accused the “Gold Digger” rapper of lumping all Jews into one category while seeing non-Jews as individuals when it comes to business dealings.
“If you are Jewish, then you’re part of the Jewish mafia,” the former “Daily Show” host observed. “But if you’re not, then you’re just a guy who is a d— to him in business.”
The 59-year-old comic introduced that podcast episode by apologizing to fans that “I don’t have a ton of time today because I have a Jewish media mafia meeting” to attend.
Stewart also addressed a social media posting by Donald Trump Sunday claiming Jews in the United States “have to get their act together” and appreciate the former president because he was supportive of Israel.
“Can I tell you something that was wild to me?” Stewart asked. “I don’t even know that it made the top 10 antisemitic bulls— (comments) of the week.”
Stewart lamented how “weird Jew paranoia bulls—” has almost become normalized.
“It’s mind-blowing how easily to me it flows from people’s mouths,” he said. “And everybody is just like, ‘Wow, that was weird.’”
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