Jon Stewart on Wednesday had a sincere question for his audience following relentless news coverage of the announcement that he would step down from “The Daily Show” by the end of the year.
“Did I die?” the host asked.
“Because it all seems very, ‘I died,'” he added. Stewart said the aftermath of his announcement had been “overwhelming.”
But then the Comedy Central star confessed that he had already been offered a new job, from an unlikely source: his arch-nemesis, Arby’s.
Upon hearing the news of Stewart’s retirement, the fast-food chain tweeted on Wednesday, “Jon, feel free to reach out to us at [email protected].”
Stewart has a longstanding feud with the chain and often turns to the camera to deliver a mocking advertisement of what he considers a disgusting mealtime option.
During the Ebola panic, Stewart saw a marketing opportunity for the company: “Arby’s: See? A lot of things cause diarrhea.”
When the host struggled to process the decision not to indict the NYPD officer who put Eric Garner in a fatal chokehold, he quipped, “Arby’s: you think pain and grief are hard to digest!”
Still, Stewart took Wednesday’s job offer in stride.
“I guess my only question as a future employee would be: to work there, would I have to handle, serve, touch, eat or even look at what you so generously describe as ‘food?'” he asked.
“That’s right, Arby’s, this shit ain’t over,” he added.
Watch the clip, courtesy of Comedy Central: