Matt Wilstein
Editorial director of The Daily Beast’s Obsessed | matt.wilstein@thedailybeast.com
- Reposted by Matt Wilstein“Melania” is so bad they had to close the entire Kennedy Center after it premiered there.
- “I knew I got taken off of there because he wasn’t happy with me, but I didn’t know until I read the book that one of the reasons...” www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/snl...
- “There’s no best, there’s no worst. There’s just a bunch of people out there doing a craft and doing it beautifully in all sorts of ways.” www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/how...
- Reposted by Matt WilsteinI wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
- “Ultimately, when I play the straight woman, I think of it as a drama. In comedy, I tend to think of it as grave and very serious. And if it’s grave and very serious, then everything else around it can be absolute tornado madness.” www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/how...
- “I mean, duh, of course I kept it in the film!” www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/wha...
- Reposted by Matt WilsteinThe director of a new bombshell documentary about Chevy Chase knew she was onto something when the comedian insulted her to her face on camera.
- “The truth is, you should be silent because the second you complain about it, 10 times more people watch it. So it might be that they know how accurate this criticism is, and they really don’t want more people to know about it.” www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/jud...
- The final episode of The Last Laugh is premiering now... www.youtube.com/watch?v=rld_...
- Went deep with Mother Hahn about her illustrious career and making the best comedy series of 2025... www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sZc...
- 3 months ago… www.thedailybeast.com/what-rob-rei...
- “Make no mistake, this is where we are right now, and we have to become aware of it.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFnE...
- Reposted by Matt WilsteinJames Austin Johnson’s Trump couldn’t stop commenting on his press secretary’s looks—and lips.
- Very fun talk with Michelle Wolf on this week’s Last Laugh pod… youtu.be/bkGIwjUCr0o?...
- New episode with a true SNL legend! open.spotify.com/episode/0ndl...
- Throwback Thanksgiving week episode with Sebastian Maniscalco! youtu.be/qmuGunvo54I?...
- You can now watch this really great conversation with the brilliant @pattonoswalt.bsky.social — and subscribe to our new YouTube channel while you’re at it... www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdaH...
- Third appearance from @pattonoswalt.bsky.social just might be the best yet! open.spotify.com/episode/7qlf...
- “Look, I am clearly no stranger to sharing upsetting numbers with my audience, but please do kill me if I ever start doing pedophile math.” www.thedailybeast.com/john-oliver-...
- Reposted by Matt WilsteinNEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
- “I don’t imagine that anyone really thinks that. Maybe I’m delusional, but I think deep down everybody knows, like, come on.” www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/por...
- New podcast episode today with a true all-timer… open.spotify.com/episode/6BEm...
- Of course Cheryl Hines chose Bill Maher over Larry David. www.thedailybeast.com/cheryl-hines...
- New podcast episode with the writer of the most 2025 movie of 2025… open.spotify.com/episode/1b7b...
- This is really best case scenario. www.thedailybeast.com/colbert-teas...
- What a career this woman has had… we talk all about it on this week’s podcast! open.spotify.com/episode/5tw5...
- 🙏 LA Press Club
- “Me and him would text each other in the middle of the night. Kenan even said, you and Lorne’s relationship is fucking weird. And I was like, I’m telling you, if me and Lorne met [back in the day], I would’ve been his baby mama.” www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/les...
- So many insane stories in this new podcast ep today with Leslie Fucking Jones! open.spotify.com/episode/6CRC...
- Reposted by Matt WilsteinThis is what the 25th Amendment is for.
- FYI: South Park has not let up. www.thedailybeast.com/south-parks-...
- This week on The Last Laugh podcast — Colin Hanks goes deep on the life and legacy of John Candy podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
- “Seeing Larry in a MAGA hat was so jarring, it would be like seeing Trump in a NAACP hat.” www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/how...
- New podcast episode today with the dope queen herself, Phoebe Robinson! open.spotify.com/episode/67zn...
- Good on Kimmel for pressing the issue here. www.thedailybeast.com/jimmy-kimmel...
- Hard to believe we’re back here again. www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/she...
- This is exactly what Saudi Arabia was paying for. “It’s easier to talk here than it is in America.” www.thedailybeast.com/dave-chappel...
- Will Forte is back on The Last Laugh podcast this week! open.spotify.com/episode/6lZi...
- “We hit both sides equally and we try to make everybody laugh... so really I just keep my head down and make sure the jokes are funny.” www.thedailybeast.com/jimmy-fallon...
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- “Go Birds! Fuck ICE! Free Palestine!” youtu.be/tpKODyx7mCQ?...
- Reposted by Matt WilsteinThe greatest minds of the right wing intellectual dark web think tank cannot -- or won't -- distinguish between "comic gets yelled at in comedy club for telling shitty joke about trans people" and "federal government forces corporation to pull comedian off the air for mocking President"
- Seems like a great week to revisit my conversation with Hannah Einbinder about the importance of late-night TV and the problem with “hack” comedians. open.spotify.com/episode/0VvY...
- Reposted by Matt Wilsteineveryone else in the admin over the last couple days: what are you talking about, there was no attempted government censorship, stop fearmongering trump: I’m gonna sue them for putting kimmel back on the air
- “We have to do whatever we can. And so I'm trying to push back as best I can in ways that I know how, and hopefully we can preserve democracy because it’s a 250 year experiment that has, in fits and starts, improved itself.” youtu.be/z-iXuIi9Dyk?...
- Only thing missing is a makeup-covered hand bruise.
- Jon Stewart had a plan when he decided last-minute to host Thursday night's Daily Show... www.thedailybeast.com/jon-stewart-...
- Excellent read from @lurabardley.bsky.social www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
- At least now South Park has another week to make an episode about Kimmel.
- Reposted by Matt WilsteinSomeone needs to put a new light-bulb in Melania.
- Talked to the legend Rob Reiner about Trump, Elon, Spinal Tap and more! open.spotify.com/episode/6HLb...
- Congrats Hannah Einbinder!
- Reposted by Matt WilsteinHuge first-time win for Jeff Hiller at the #Emmys for his role on HBO’s Somebody Somewhere! trib.al/jKnsq6h
- Reposted by Matt WilsteinHannah Einbinder just took home her first #Emmys award for Hacks trib.al/ew1L4KC
- Reposted by Matt WilsteinIf you say so, sir.
- Who could have seen this coming? www.thedailybeast.com/megyn-kelly-...
- Early look at next week’s podcast episode…
- Dwight Schrute himself on The Last Laugh this week! open.spotify.com/episode/3f5C...
- Joe Rogan just went after @marcmaron.bsky.social’s cats... www.thedailybeast.com/joe-rogan-bl...
- Big if true! www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/dan...
