Of the backlash and slander he received, Minhaj said, it "was painful, there’s no doubt about It…It was the first time I saw the speed and velocity of the Internet, how quickly a story can take off. That part of it was very new to me and disorienting.

Jon Stewart was among a handful of comedians who Hasan Minhaj spoke to after all this went down, with others including Mike Birbiglia, Ray Youssef and John Mulaney. Here’s what he had to say about his phone call with Stewart:

Hasan Minhaj is crediting Jon Stewart for understanding his "painful" experience after his now-infamous New Yorker interview. The feature, which was published in September 2023, alleged the comedian embellished his stand-up act,