Jon Stewart Is Thrown When Journalist Starts Interview With Jared Kushner’s Denial: ‘Am I in Trouble Now?’
“What the f–k? What are you doing?” the comedian adds Jon Stewart was briefly taken aback during Monday’s “The Daily Show” when his guest, Matthew Cole, kicked off their interview with a formal denial from Jared Kushner, who is the subject of the journalist’s new book, “Princes and Thieves.” “Oh, my God, did you bring questions for me?” Stewart quipped as the sit down conversation kicked off. “No, but I do have something out of fairness, before we begin, I want to read Mr. Kushner’s lawyer’s denial, part of it,” Cole said as the studio audience broke out into laughter. “No, [I’m] serious.” A baffled Stewart responded: “You want to read it before we start? Is this a bit or is this real?” Cole then assured Stewart and the crowd that this statement was “very real,” before taking a moment to read the lawyer’s comments aloud. “Mr. Kushner never accessed foreign accounts and always followed…
