{"id":2098065,"date":"2025-10-17T16:41:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T16:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2098065"},"modified":"2025-10-17T16:41:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T16:41:24","slug":"marc-maron-reveals-why-his-jon-stewart-feud-really-began","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/marc-maron-reveals-why-his-jon-stewart-feud-really-began\/","title":{"rendered":"Marc Maron reveals why his Jon Stewart feud really began"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F10%2Fmarc-maron-fued-jon-stewart.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>He\u2019s offering an olive branch, sort of. <\/p>\n<p>Marc Maron is revealing the true reasons for his feud with Jon Stewart.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJon never did anything to me,\u201d Maron, 62,\u00a0told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DoX1eKWFRWU\">Esquire<\/a> in an interview published Thursday, adding that their feud was \u201cpetty.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was just jealous,\u201d the comedian added, noting that their feud was \u201cfully fueled\u201d by his \u201cinsecurity.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jon Stewart at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theater in LA on Sept. 15, 2024. <span class=\"credit\">Jae C. Hong\/Invision\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Marc Maron in his Aug. 2025 HBO special, \u201cMarc Maron: Panicked.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Karolina Wojtasik\/HBO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Maron and Stewart, 62, were rising stars at the same time in the \u201890s. They both hosted the Comedy Central show \u201cShort Attention Span Theater\u201d at different times, before the network axed it in 1994.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stewart went on to host \u201cThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart\u201d in 1999, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/18\/media\/jon-stewart-mocks-trump-in-daily-show-reaction-to-jimmy-kimmel-getting-pulled-from-abc\/\">currently still hosts it part-time,<\/a> alongside rotating guest hosts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Maron, meanwhile, went on to star on the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2017\/06\/19\/how-glow-star-alison-brie-became-a-wrestling-badass\/\">Netflix comedy series \u201cGLOW\u201d<\/a> and host his hit podcast,<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtfpod.com\/\"> \u201cWTF With Marc Maron,\u201d <\/a>which launched in 2009 and ended on Oct. 13 after more than 1,000 episodes. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe podcast \u2018WTF\u2019 was the original celebrity interview podcast that was followed by a slew of successful imitators, such as \u2018Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard\u2019 and \u2018SmartLess\u2019 hosted by Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, and Sean Hayes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout my early career, Jon, who is roughly my age, was everywhere,\u201d Maron explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cMy envy of him was always \u2026 I would just sh-t on him, and to his face. It was consuming. I couldn\u2019t get through a week without him being on the cover of a magazine. For some reason, I saw him as, \u2018If I could only have my shit together, I could be more like that guy.\u2019 \u2026 Which wasn\u2019t true, because I was out of my mind, and I was definitely gunning for something else.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Marc Maron  at a promotional event for \u201cGlow\u201d in Los Angeles on May 30, 2018. <span class=\"credit\">Chris Pizzello\/Invision\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jon Stewart hosting \u201cThe Daily Show.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">The Daily Show<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p> In\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/o\/aY6Yt\/https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/2015\/07\/jon-stewart-and-marc-maron-its-time-to-bury-the-hatchet.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a 2009 standup set<\/a>, Maron, who is also Jewish, referred to Stewart as a \u201cJewish pander-monkey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During a July interview on NPR\u2019s\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/o\/aY6Yt\/https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/07\/17\/1255812234\/marc-maron-wtf-comedy-panicked-albuquerque\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wild Card with Rachel Martin<\/a>\u00a0podcast, Maron said, \u201cwe\u2019ve had confrontations about it and we are not friends\u201d and referred to Stewart as his \u201cnemesis.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The comedian also told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/o\/aY6Yt\/https:\/\/amp.theguardian.com\/culture\/2018\/jun\/16\/marc-maron-im-familiar-with-coke-anger-bullying-selfishness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Guardian<\/a><em>\u00a0<\/em>in 2018, \u201cJon always represented to me why I was failing\u2026 So when I\u2019d see him, I\u2019d act like he was personally destroying me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stewart hasn\u2019t addressed his relationship with Maron publicly. But in September, former \u201cDaily Show\u201d writer and correspondent Wyatt Cenac said on the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/o\/FD0B7\/https:\/\/youtu.be\/wgSz8BT3bQY?si=cKZUtnrXS_C5FbuG&amp;t=3538\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Inside Late Night<\/a>\u00a0podcast that he was the \u201cconsigliere\u201d between Stewart and Maron during a previous effort to mend fences.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jon Stewart speaks to reporters about their effort to raise awareness for US veterans suffering from illnesses caused by military toxic exposures in Washington, on November 4, 2021. <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cena, who worked on  \u201cThe Daily Show\u201d from 2008 to 2012, didn\u2019t specify the date but clarified that it happened during that time period.  <\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cMaron and Jon talk. I hear both of their sides of it. I may be the one person who heard the aftermath from both of them. I hear Jon\u2019s side of it, and Jon was like, \u2018I\u2019m not going to do his podcast\u2026he just wants me to do the podcast so that it gets numbers for his podcast. I don\u2019t want to do that.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cenac offered his perspective: \u201cTo me it was like oh s\u2014, you two are the same\u2026I think they both see each other as a threat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his recent Esquire interview, Maron also described \u201cThe Daily Show\u201d host as a \u201csmart, cute, Jewish guy\u201d who was \u201cdisciplined\u201d and knew how to use talents.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, the \u201cGLOW\u201d actor noted, \u201cI never had any control over my talent. I never knew its limitations or what it was.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Marc Maron attends the special screening of Apple Original Films and A24\u2019s \u201cHighest 2 Lowest\u201d at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in LA on August 13, 2025. <span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Early in his podcast\u2019s run, he reached out to Stewart to see if he\u2019d appear on \u201cWTF With Marc Maron\u201d and was \u201ckind of apologizing\u201d on the phone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Maron said that Stewart replied, \u201cThere\u2019s no love here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The comedian added that Stewart told him, \u201c\u2018I might be willing to have coffee or something, but I\u2019m not doing that with you,\u2019\u201d referring to talking to Maron in a public forum on \u201cWTF with Marc Maron.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Maron recalled, \u201cAnd then he said, \u2018I\u2019m sure what you\u2019re doing is very creative, and good luck with it.\u2019 Just the stinging condescension of that \u2026 it didn\u2019t help anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He\u2019s offering an olive branch, sort of. Marc Maron is revealing the true reasons for his feud with Jon Stewart.\u00a0 \u201cJon never did anything to me,\u201d Maron, 62,\u00a0told Esquire in an interview published Thursday, adding that their feud was \u201cpetty.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cI was just jealous,\u201d the comedian added, noting that their feud was \u201cfully fueled\u201d by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2098066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25174],"tags":[21751,304753,21741,38667,309667],"class_list":["post-2098065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gossip","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-feuds","tag-entertainment","tag-jon-stewart","tag-marc-maron"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Marc-Maron-reveals-why-his-Jon-Stewart-feud-really-began.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2098065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2098065"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2098065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2098067,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2098065\/revisions\/2098067"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2098066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2098065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2098065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2098065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}