Matt Wilstein

Los Angeles

Senior editor @TheDailyBeast and host of The Last Laugh podcast | DM or email with freelance pitches | matt.wilstein @ thedailybeast-dot-com |

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Conan O’Brien’s Secret Comedy Weapon Mike Sweeney Tells All

2 weeks ago | thedailybeast.com | Matt Wilstein

Mike Sweeney started writing for Conan O’Brien 30 years ago and has been right there by his side ever since. His work has fueled not only the host’s two big late-night shows—with a tumultuous stint on the Tonight Show in between—but also his recent gig hosting the Oscars and his newest project, the travel show Conan O’Brien Must Go, which arrives Thursday, May 8, on Max.
Conan O’Brien’s Secret Comedy Weapon Tells All

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Matt Wilstein

Mike Sweeney started writing for Conan O’Brien 30 years ago and has been right there by his side ever since. His work has fueled not only the host’s two big late-night shows—with a tumultuous stint on the Tonight Show in between—but also his recent gig hosting the Oscars and his newest project, the travel show Conan O’Brien Must Go, which arrives Thursday, May 8 on Max.
Bill Maher Fires Back at Larry David: ‘Insulting to Six Million Dead Jews’

2 weeks ago | thedailybeast.com | Matt Wilstein

Bill Maher did not see the humor in Larry David’s satirical column about having dinner with Adolf Hitler, a not-so-subtle critique of the late-night host’s dinner date with Donald Trump. “The minute you play the Hitler card, you’ve lost the argument,” Maher told Piers Morgan in a new interview Thursday, adding that it wasn’t his “favorite moment” of their friendship.
Why Brett Goldstein Is Finally Showing ‘Ted Lasso’ Fans His True Self

3 weeks ago | thedailybeast.com | Matt Wilstein

Brett Goldstein got so famous for his Emmy-winning role as Roy Kent on Ted Lasso that most people have no idea he has been a professional stand-up comedian for nearly 20 years. Now, that is all about to change when he debuts his first-ever stand-up special, The Second Best Night of Your Life, on HBO this Saturday night, April 26.
Larry David Destroys Bill Maher With ‘My Dinner With Adolf’

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Matt Wilstein

Larry David delivered a very thinly veiled attack on fellow comedian Bill Maher on Monday with a scathing satirical essay in The New York Times titled “My Dinner With Adolf.”The star and creator of Curb Your Enthusiasm—who appeared on Maher’s long-running HBO show Real Time just once in 2003 and then never again—penned the fictional piece about getting invited to dinner with Adolf Hitler in 1939 that paralleled the way Maher has spoken about his recent dinner with Donald Trump beat for beat.
Rosie O’Donnell Apologized to Irish PM for ‘Embarrassing’ Trump Moment

3 weeks ago | thedailybeast.com | Matt Wilstein

Rosie O’Donnell said she personally reached out to Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin after he was put in the uncomfortable position of listening to President Donald Trump insult her in the Oval Office. The comedian and former talk show host sent Martin a letter sharing “how embarrassed she was to have become a topic of conversation during what should have been a serious meeting,” according to a new interview in The New York Times about her decision to flee Trump’s America for Ireland.
Jon Stewart Gets Personal With NSFW Stephen Miller Rant

3 weeks ago | thedailybeast.com | Matt Wilstein |Michael Boyle

Jon Stewart thinks Stephen Miller is getting a bit too excited about the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts. “To see the ghoul of ghouls, Stephen Miller, just get f---ing hard talking about, it’s shocking,” Stewart said at the top of his Weekly Show podcast Thursday. Miller, who serves as Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff for policy, has been the most impassioned member of the administration when it comes to demonizing undocumented immigrants.
Why Gabby Windey’s Wife Would Never Go on ‘The Traitors’

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Matt Wilstein

America’s hottest lesbian power couple surprised fans earlier this year when they revealed their secret Las Vegas wedding. But since that ceremony wasn’t exactly legal where they live in California, they made it official at Los Angeles City Hall. “It’s a miracle from God,” Hoffman says of their union during our conversation on this week’s episode of The Last Laugh podcast.
Why Gabby Windey’s Wife Robby Hoffman Would Never Go on ‘The Traitors’

3 weeks ago | thedailybeast.com | Matt Wilstein |Clare Donaldson

Reality TV star Gabby Windey and comedian Robby Hoffman just got married—for real this time. America’s hottest lesbian power couple surprised fans earlier this year when they revealed their secret Las Vegas wedding. But since that ceremony wasn’t exactly legal where they live in California, they made it official at Los Angeles City Hall. “It’s a miracle from God,” Hoffman says of their union during our conversation on this week’s episode of The Last Laugh podcast.
American Pastor Kidnapped in South Africa Rescued After Deadly Police Shootout

4 weeks ago | thedailybeast.com | Leigh McManus |Erkki Forster |Nandika Chatterjee |Matt Wilstein

THIRD DEGREEDonald Trump launched into a furious tirade against Harvard University after the college defied his demands for policy changes. After threatening to take away the college’s tax-exempt status over the refusal, Trump followed up with another blistering Truth Social post early Wednesday. “Harvard has been hiring almost all woke, Radical Left, idiots and ‘birdbrains’ who are only capable of teaching FAILURE to students and so-called ‘future leaders,’” Trump raged.