--- title: Jon Stewart Barack Obama: What They Did in Their 'Secret' Meetings description: Being interviewed by Larry Wilmore on The Nightly Show, Jon Stewart finally copped to what he and Obama did at their two private meetings canonical: https://time.com/3978273/jon-stewart-barack-obama-meetings/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-30T11:22:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T09:44:25.898Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Watch Jon Stewart Reveal What He and Obama Did in Their 'Secret' Meetings og:description: It's not what you think. og:url: https://time.com/3978273/jon-stewart-barack-obama-meetings/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3d211a17e473dba/69885be2f887dc67f1e91781/ap_278756401828.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Barack Obama, Jon Stewart og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Jon Stewart Reveal What He and Obama Did in Their 'Secret' Meetings twitter:description: It's not what you think. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3d211a17e473dba/69885be2f887dc67f1e91781/ap_278756401828.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Jon Stewart Reveal What He and Obama Did in Their 'Secret' Meetings  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Jul 30, 2015 11:22 AM UTC  President Barack Obama talks with Jon Stewart, host of "The Daily Show" during a taping on July 21, 2015, in New York President Barack Obama talks with Jon Stewart, host of "The Daily Show" during a taping on July 21, 2015, in New YorkEvan Vucci—AP  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Jul 30, 2015 11:22 AM UTC Viewers could only imagine what Jon Stewart and Barack Obama talked about in their private meetings in the Oval Office. Until now. Being interviewed by Larry Wilmore on _The Nightly Show_, Stewart finally copped to what he and the President did at those meetings in 2011 and 2014\. “Hang out,” he said. “Eat nachos, watch _King Ralph.” (King Ralph_ is a move from the 1990s where John Goodman becomes the King of England.) Wilmore asked Stewart if he thinks the President was trying t0 influence his show or his jokes by calling the meetings, to which Stewart replied, “No, I think that was what he was trying to do, because I have a television show and sometimes we say super sh\*tty things about him and his policies, so I’m pretty sure I was there because he’s run out of people to watch _King Ralph_ with.” Obama [made his seventh appearance](http://time.com/3966905/barack-obama-jon-stewart-daily-show-final/) on _The Daily Show_ in July. I guess we all have to go watch _King Ralph_ now. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3978273/jon-stewart-barack-obama-meetings/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3978273/jon-stewart-barack-obama-meetings/"},"headline":"Watch Jon Stewart Reveal What He and Obama Did in Their 'Secret' Meetings","datePublished":"2015-07-30T11:22:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:44:25.898Z","description":"\"Eat nachos, watch King Ralph\"","url":"https://time.com/3978273/jon-stewart-barack-obama-meetings/","keywords":["Barack Obama","Television","Jon Stewart"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3d211a17e473dba/69885be2f887dc67f1e91781/ap_278756401828.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3d211a17e473dba/69885be2f887dc67f1e91781/ap_278756401828.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Barack Obama, Jon Stewart","caption":"Barack Obama, Jon Stewart","creditText":"Evan Vucci—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3978273/jon-stewart-barack-obama-meetings/","name":"Watch Jon Stewart Reveal What He and Obama Did in Their 'Secret' Meetings"}}]}] ```