Patrick Stewart Visits The Daily Show to Promote His Broadway Shows and Explain That Lobster Costume

Broadway actor, exemplary best friend, and all-around great old white guy Patrick Stewart appeared last night on Comedy Central's The Daily Show With Jon Stewart. In typical Daily Show fashion, Jon Stewart didn't pull any punches, but instead cut right to the chase: He quizzed SirPatStew about why he recently Tweeted a photo of himself in a bathtub wearing a lobster costume. Patrick Stewart explained that as an actor (he's currently appearing on Broadway in No Man's Land and Waiting for Godot), he usually leaves Halloween to the amateurs, but this time he had to make an exception.

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