Outspoken liberal feminist and comedian Sarah Silverman thinks Jon Stewart could run for office.
Ahead of the taping of Comedy Central’s “Night of Too Many Stars,” HuffPost Comedy asked various celebrities on the event’s red carpet about their opinions of Jon Stewart’s decision to retire from “The Daily Show.”
While Silverman predicted unsurprisingly that Stewart will devote more time to his family when he departs the show, she snuck in another rather bold suggestion.
“I think he’s going to watch his kids grow up and be even more involved with their lives,” hypothesized the comedian. “He’s a real family man and these are exciting years that you don’t get back … And then he can do anything. He can direct, he can make movies, he can run for office … I can’t imagine he’d want to, but it’d be great for us. He might need to ‘lean in.'”
Stewart served as emcee for the event on Comedy Central, which was taped February 28 but aired Sunday evening. “Night of Too Many Stars” is a biennial benefit for autism.
The comedian announced last month that he would be leaving “The Daily Show” by the end of 2015, offering no reason for the decision but to dine with his family “on a school night.”
A poll out this week shows that Americans want to see Tina Fey replace Stewart on the Comedy Central program.
Other celebrities at the “Night of Too Many Stars” benefit had less political comments about Stewart’s exit. “Weird Al” Yankovic suggested he and Stewart “switch jobs,” while Maya Rudolph described herself as “not ready to say goodbye” to the “Daily Show” host.
“I think Jon should get like a big shopping cart, and take soda cans out of the garbage and turn them in for the refund,” Gilbert Gottfried proposed.
During the show, Silverman participated by auctioning off the opportunity for two audience members to stand in for her parents on stage as she voiced everything she has never been able to say to them — meaning, her complaints.
It got awkward. Watch below.
H/T Mediaite
