'The Daily Show' jokes about rumors of Taylor Swift and Beyoncé at the DNC

"This feels like hosting a birthday when you're 13..."
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A man in a suit sits behind a talk show desk. In the top-left are side-by-side images of Taylor Swift and Beyonce.
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The Democratic National Convention is kicking off in Chicago, and the late night shows are on hand to give us the high/lowlights.

In the clip above from The Daily Show, host Michael Kosta lays out the (impressively vague) schedule for the next four days ("Tuesday is for the future, and Thursday is also for the future") before turning his attention to the celebrity guests — showing a clip of two reporters discussing the possibility that Taylor Swift and/or Beyoncé might show up.

"Holy shit, did you hear that? A completely unsubstantiated rumor about Taylor Swift and Beyoncé! But in the meantime give it up for Ana Navarro and Tony Goldwyn," jokes Kosta. "This feels like hosting a birthday when you're 13 and being like, 'Hey, my cousin says he knows Tony Hawk so I don't know, he might show up.'"

Elsewhere, if you want a full rundown of day one, check out Stephen Colbert's live monologue.

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Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.


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