{"id":2441746,"date":"2026-06-02T16:03:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T16:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2441746"},"modified":"2026-06-02T16:03:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T16:03:06","slug":"jon-stewart-confesses-to-jason-bateman-he-broke-down-ugly-crying-when-dropping-his-kids-off-at-college-i-was-damaged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jon-stewart-confesses-to-jason-bateman-he-broke-down-ugly-crying-when-dropping-his-kids-off-at-college-i-was-damaged\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Stewart confesses to Jason Bateman he broke down ugly-crying when dropping his kids off at college: &#8216;I was damaged&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Key Points<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jon Stewart had an emotional reaction to his kids leaving home for college.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>The Daily Show <\/em>host told Jason Bateman on Monday&#8217;s show that he ugly-cried twice when helping his son and daughter settle into their dorms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Stewart said that he cried so hard that &#8220;my son literally had to slap me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/jason-bateman\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Jason Bateman;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Jason Bateman&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Jason Bateman<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/jon-stewart\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Jon Stewart;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Jon Stewart&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Jon Stewart<\/a> had two very different reactions to sending their kids off to college.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During his visit to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/the-daily-show\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:The Daily Show;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;The Daily Show&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><em>The Daily Show<\/em><\/a> on Monday, the <em>DTF St. Louis <\/em>star revealed that he had made peace with his 19-year-old daughter, Francesca, leaving the nest for college because she was attending school locally, in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWhen they get to be 18, their wings are already flapping pretty fast. They are out of the nest multiple times throughout the week, like, you\u2019re not losing that little angel that still needs you to put them to bed and stuff,\u201d Bateman explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThey\u2019re pretty independent by that age, and we\u2019ve learned how to sort of almost become peers. It was smoother than I thought it would be,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Jon Stewart and Jason Bateman on &#8216;The Daily Show&#8217;<br \/>Credit: Comedy Central<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Stewart, who admitted he\u2019d \u201cembarrassed myself at both my kids\u2019 drop-offs\u201d earlier in their chat, tried his best to relate to Bateman\u2019s laid-back sentiment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cYeah, absolutely!\u201d the host, who has two kids \u2014 son Nathan and daughter Maggie \u2014 declared. When Bateman noted that Stewart\u2019s experience was different because his kids moved \u201cout of town\u201d for school, the host continued, \u201cNo, no, no! Absolutely! I was the same!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As the audience laughed, Bateman simply asked, \u201cJon, did you fall apart?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cTwice,\u201d Stewart replied. \u201cBoth kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cNo, Jon! Ugly-crying?\u201d Bateman prompted, to which Stewart responded, \u201cBad, man. To the point where, like, my son literally had to slap me. He goes, \u2018Snap out of it, man!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Stewart confessed that he didn\u2019t think the wave of emotions he felt saying goodbye to Nate \u201cwas going to sneak up on me,\u201d adding, \u201cI was damaged. And he handled it! Bless his heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bateman sympathized with the host, noting he felt similarly when touring colleges that were far from home with Francesca.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThat was not good, all of these foreign roads and the airports and, like, she\u2019s gonna be so far away,\u201d Bateman said. \u201cThat was tough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><em>Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with\u00a0our\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/ew-dispatch-newsletter-11812417\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:EW Dispatch newsletter;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;EW Dispatch newsletter&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><strong><em>EW Dispatch newsletter<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Stewart went on to share what the experience taught him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHere\u2019s what\u2019s interesting to me is, well, I\u2019m generally a loner,\u201d he said. \u201cBut you form this unit, the wife and the kids, and it really becomes more and more your whole world. I find that my friendships \u2014\u00a0I still have such love for my friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWhat friends?\u201d Bateman interjected as Stewart agreed. \u201cWe\u2019re so old. We don\u2019t have anybody anymore. It\u2019s just the kids and the wife. Which is what we want! That\u2019s what you want!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cYeah, but then they leave!\u201d Stewart exclaimed, referring to his children. \u201cAnd it turns out my wife\u2026 still had friends! She didn\u2019t tell me!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Listen to Stewart and Bateman talk moving their kids in to college in the clip above.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/jon-stewart-broke-down-ugly-crying-dropping-kids-off-at-college-11988821\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Entertainment Weekly;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Entertainment Weekly&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/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 www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Points Jon Stewart had an emotional reaction to his kids leaving home for college. The Daily Show host told Jason Bateman on Monday&#8217;s show that he ugly-cried twice when helping his son and daughter settle into their dorms. Stewart said that he cried so hard that &#8220;my son literally had to slap me.&#8221; Jason [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2441747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[305660,38667],"class_list":["post-2441746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-jason-bateman","tag-jon-stewart"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jon-Stewart-confesses-to-Jason-Bateman-he-broke-down-ugly-crying.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441746","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=2441746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2441748,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441746\/revisions\/2441748"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2441747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2441746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2441746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2441746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}