Issues received emotional for Jon Stewart three episodes into his return to The Day by day Present. The political commentator introduced that his canine Dipper had died the night time earlier than.
“In a world of excellent boys, he was the perfect,” Stewart stated, honoring his canine’s loss.
Stewart recalled that twelve years in the past, his youngsters needed to boost cash for an animal shelter in NYC referred to as Animal Haven. His youngsters baked cupcakes and arrange a desk exterior the shelter to promote them and introduced out a brindle pitbull who had misplaced his proper leg after being hit by a automobile.
“I assumed I’d get additional,” Stewart stated as he choked up with emotion, remembering his canine.
Stewart and his household left the group alongside the pitbull they named Dipper. The Comedy Central host stated Dipper “used to return to The Day by day Present on daily basis. He was a part of the OG Day by day Present canine crew.”
“We’d come to tape this present, and Dipper would look forward to me to be executed,” he stated. “He met actors and authors and presidents and kings. And he did what the Taliban couldn’t do, which is, put a scare into Malala Yousafzai.”
The present ran a clip of Yousafzai turning away on the sight of Dipper when she was a visitor on The Day by day Present.
With tears in his eyes, Stewart stated, “Dipper handed away yesterday. He was prepared. He was drained, however I wasn’t. And the household, we had been all collectively.”
“My want for you is sooner or later you discover that canine, that one canine… It’s simply… It’s the perfect,” Stewart concluded earlier than dedicating a second of silence to Dipper. It was a video of him enjoying within the snow rolled together with the credit.
Watch the touching second within the video above.
