Unveiling the Hypocrisy: Jon Stewart Exposes Kevin O’Leary’s Double Standards
Jon Stewart and the team at “The Daily Show” aren’t typically content with calling someone names and leaving it at that, and this was no exception. Stewart then proceeds to show a montage of “Shark Tank” clips in which Kevin O’Leary tears into business owners who overvalue their own companies. The idea is that if O’Leary is this mad over people overvaluing something on a TV show, then he should be furious about Donald Trump overvaluing his properties, such as claiming he had a 30,000 square foot penthouse as opposed to its actual size — 11,000 square feet — to secure a loan.
Uncovering Kevin O’Leary’s Reaction to Overvaluations
Stewart declares, “How is [O’Leary] not this mad about overvaluations in the real world? Because they are not victimless crimes.” As Stewart points out, Trump getting more money for a loan means there’s less money for someone else, and that other person or entity may have been more honest in stating their actual real estate value. It’s not a victimless crime. “The Daily Show” then throws to another soundbite from O’Leary’s CNN interview: “Everything that you just listed off is done by every real estate developer everywhere on Earth in every city. This has never, ever been prosecuted.”
Unmasking O’Leary’s Entitled Arrogance
This statement leads Stewart to call out O’Leary’s “F***ing entitled arrogance.” “The Daily Show” has made it a habit to call out hypocrisy, which seems to be on full display here, with several people, outside of O’Leary, who believe Trump shouldn’t face any consequences. And yet, somehow they think individuals who provide false information to secure food stamps should be persecuted wholeheartedly. Ultimately, the clips shown on “The Daily Show” illustrate how Kevin O’Leary’s “Mr. Wonderful” nickname could be seen as more sarcastic than anything.