--- ---  # 'We Can Insult. He Can Injure.' Jon Stewart Champions Stephen Colbert's 'Potty Mouth' During Reunion  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 10, 2017 2:56 PM UTC  CBS  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 10, 2017 2:56 PM UTC Following the controversy surrounding an [explicit joke](http://time.com/4764759/colbert-gay-trump/) [Stephen Colbert](http://time.com/4773562/stephen-colbert-trump-firing-comey/) recently made about [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4766399/stephen-colbert-trump-insults/), Jon Stewart appeared on _The Late Show_ to tease his friend about causing a fuss. “I’m not comfortable here. I don’t feel comfortable,” he joked while uncomfortably squirming in his seat next to Colbert’s desk. “I’ve been reading about you. I’ve been seeing about you in the news. You have a potty mouth.” “That I do,” the host replied. “But might I say, I learned it from you, Dad.” However, Stewart later returned to the topic to give his real take on the matter. “The things you say — even if they’re crass or even if they are in some ways not respectful enough to the office of the presidency — we can insult, he can injure,” he said. “It’s the difference between insult and injury. And for the life of me I do not understand why in this country we try to hold comedians to a standard we do not hold leaders to. It’s bizarre.” The chat came in the midst of an [epic _Daily Show_ reunion](http://time.com/4773166/stephen-colbert-jon-stewart-daily-show-reunion/), which also featured cameos by former correspondents Samantha Bee, John Oliver, Ed Helms, and Rob Corddry. **Read More:** [The Complete History of Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart’s Legendary Friendship](http://time.com/4772715/stephen-colbert-jon-stewart-complete-friendship-history/) Watch the full clip below. Jon Stewart Mocks Stephen Colbert FCC Complaints VIDEO ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4773753/stephen-colbert-jon-stewart-trump-joke-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4773753/stephen-colbert-jon-stewart-trump-joke-video/"},"headline":"'We Can Insult. He Can Injure.' Jon Stewart Champions Stephen Colbert's 'Potty Mouth' During Reunion","datePublished":"2017-05-10T14:56:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:43:30.067Z","description":"\"We try to hold comedians to a standard we do not hold leaders to\"","url":"https://time.com/4773753/stephen-colbert-jon-stewart-trump-joke-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","stephen colbert","TV","the late show","Late Night Television","Jon Stewart","the late show with stephen colbert"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt625f9f18cab8fe2f/6988ccb7bc6cfc6ad33e149a/screen-shot-2017-05-10-at-10-18-03-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt625f9f18cab8fe2f/6988ccb7bc6cfc6ad33e149a/screen-shot-2017-05-10-at-10-18-03-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2017-05-10 at 10.18.03 AM","caption":"","creditText":"CBS","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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4773753/stephen-colbert-jon-stewart-trump-joke-video/","name":"'We Can Insult. He Can Injure.' Jon Stewart Champions Stephen Colbert's 'Potty Mouth' During Reunion"}}]}] ```