Jon Stewart cut his hand open on Monday night’s (February 24) episode of The Daily Show during a passionate speech about the high price of prescription drugs – watch the moment below.
He injured himself while delivering a monologue about the price of medication, which began with a clip of former President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris standing in front of a crowd announcing they’d come to an agreement to lower the price of 10 drugs.
Stewart said: “You know what’s so horrible about our system now? And the corruption that lays within it? We’re so fucking numb to it, we actually tout tiny cracks in that exploitation as victory.”
He went on, sarcastically: “Ooh, can it be? The companies we subsidize with billions of dollars are allowing us the privilege of negotiating the price of 10 of their drugs. And 10 is all of them, right? It would be embarrassing if it was a small drop in the bucket and that the American people didn’t expect that we should negotiate for all their fucking drugs! Because we’ve already paid for ’em with our subsidies!”
It was then that he slammed his coffee mug down, before inspecting his hand and saying he’d be “going to the hospital soon.” Watch the moment below, just before 17:00.
He continued on with his report, holding his injured hand below the desk. But when he pulled his hand back up a few minutes later, the audience gasped at the sight of the blood on his hand.
The comedian went on to poke fun at the incident on social media, describing the episode as a “bloody good episode” and joking, “Emphasis on bloody … I’m an idiot.”
We’re back! New Daily Show tonight! It’s a bloody good episode…emphasis on bloody…I’m an idiot…
— Jon Stewart (@jonstewart) February 25, 2025
Later on in the show, he spoke with Georgetown Law’s Rupa Bhattacharyya, the former Special Minister of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, about the budget cuts being made by President Donald Trump’s administration.
Stewart quipped, “It makes me so angry, I want to smash another mug,” before looking down at his finger, now bandaged, and adding: “Oh, wow, this thing’s really coming out. In the commercial break, I had a lightsaber battle with one of the crew members, and that’s how that happened.”
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