Hasan Minhaj is crediting Jon Stewart for understanding his "painful" experience after his now-infamous New Yorker interview. The feature, which was published in September 2023, alleged the comedian embellished his stand-up act,

In a new interview with Esquire, Hasan Minhaj officially confirms that his fact-check scandal cost him The Daily Show gig: “ We were in talks, and I had the gig, and we were pre

Hasan Minhaj has confirmed that he was was going to be named The Daily Show‘s new full-time host last year, but the controversy about his stand-up comedy act — namely, embellished tales told therein — cost him the job.

Former Patriot Act host Hasan Minhaj revealed to Esquire the advice Jon Stewart gave him following a 2023 New Yorker profile which Hasan blasted as “needlessly misleading.” Stewart famously hosted The Daily Show from 1999 until 2015 before Trevor Noah took the reins.

Comedian Hasan Minhaj opened up to Esquire about missing out on hosting The Daily Show after a New Yorker profile alleged he embellished onstage anecdotes.We were in talks, and I had the gig,

This is great for you.’ When Jon told me that, I felt really seen. In case you’re unfamiliar, a month it was reported that Comedy Central was courting Hasan Minhaj to be Trevor Noah’s successor on The Daily Show (and we later learned that the deal was “all but done by late summer”),

Hasan Minhaj is looking back at the gig that almost was. In an interview with Esquire published Wednesday, the comedian reflected on once being the front-runner to succeed Trevor Noah as the host of The Daily Show.

Hasan Minhaj looked back on the "disorientating" backlash in response to admitted embellishments in his comedic material, confirming rumors that he lost out on The Daily Show as a result of it. The actor and comedian was considered to be the frontrunner to succeed Trevor Noah as host of the venerable Comedy Central program,