The internet is rooting for Punch, the tiny abandoned monkey who found comfort with a stuffed toy — but Jon Stewart has other ideas.
“Hear me out: I understand, and it’s adorable, and he’s breaking my heart. But that being said…who are we to question the wisdom of the tribe? No! I’m just saying! They’re the ones that know him best. They’ve decided he’s problematic!” says Stewart in the Daily Show clip above, before turning on his groaning audience.
“What the f***? Oh, you know better? You know monkeys better than the monkeys, is that it? All the little monkey experts decided, in the middle of a blizzard, to come here tonight? Let me tell you something! No, f*** all y’all! Who are we to question their lived experience for our parasocial attachment?! I mean look, they decided! The mom, the elders, the juniors…even that f***ing stuffed monkey looks like, ‘Hey, I don’t want to be here.'”
The good news? Ichikawa City Zoo says Punch is doing OK.
