Jon Stewart Plays Obi-Wan Kenobi for Roy Wood Jr. to Help ‘The Daily Show’ Cover Trump Arraignment (Video)
05.04.2023 - 02:47
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charged with 34 felonies for, among other things, conduct related to the hush money payment he made to porn actress Stormy Daniels, using campaign funds, in 2016.Wood was, at that point, focused on the fact that Trump got to skip most of the indignities accused felons normally face after surrendering to police– for instance, he wasn’t handcuffed, authorities didn’t take a mug shot, and he wasn’t strip searched, as is normal procedure in most jurisdictions including New York.“For the sake of this country, I hope Donald Trump gets a swift trial. But that doesn’t mean he should get to use the TSA pre-check. But, here’s the good news: The New York investigation is just one of many into the former president,” Wood said.
“So, we’ll have plenty of other opportunities to get him arrested correctly.”Following this bit, Wood lamented as the audience clapped that he thought his commentary on Trump’s arraignment was good, “but I don’t know if it’s good enough to go viral. There’s a lot of pressures as guest host. You gotta be funny, you gotta be satirical, you gotta be powerful, you gotta go viral.
And I don’t know what to do, I wish I had somebody that I could talk to about this stuff…”“Roy. Roy,” Stewart’s disembodied voice said, “Use the force Roy.”“Who that,” Wood asked.“Roy, use the force,” Stewart continued.“I don’t f— with ghosts man, who that?” Wood replied.At that point Stewart entered the stage and removed his hood, leading to big cheers from the audience.“I knew I knew your ass,” Wood joked. “You’re Obi-Wan Kenobi!”“I’m, I’m Jon.