The Daily Show Savages Jussie Smollett (No, Really)

By Sarah Lee | 8:05 PM on February 22, 2019

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Trevor Noah: A fake hate crime is “not a good way to get a raise. I mean, call me old-fashioned, but whatever happened to just going into your boss’s office and blackmailing him with nudes?” Photograph: YouTube

Here’s a Friday evening palate cleanser that will help you ease into the weekend.

As T.I. LaDuke noted in a post earlier today, The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah has been to the point and unflinching in his criticism of Jussie Smollett. Adding hilarious fuel to that fire, on Friday morning, Noah tweeted a brilliant parody of the Smollett plot to frame Trump supporters for a fake hate crime, cooked up over a supposed paltry salary of $60,000+ an episode.

It’s a truly hilarious bit, reminiscent of those old 80s afterschool specials but with a True Crime vibe that makes it better than anything SNL has done in quite a while.

It’s fantastic. But see for yourself. I’ll leave you with this teaser:

“And I brought the bleach…I am so racist, that I want to turn black people white.”

Coming this fall… The story of a poorly staged hate crime that rocked a nation: Jussie’s Lie pic.twitter.com/iGXmETn8m6

— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) February 22, 2019