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Jon Stewart knew he was most likely going to cry when he took a second on “The Daily Show” this week to share that his beloved canine Dipper had died.
Stewart choked up speaking about how a lot he and his household beloved the three-legged pitbull, tearfully saying, “He was prepared. He was drained, however I wasn’t.”
“We referred to as him Dipper, and in a world of excellent boys, he was the very best,” Stewart informed his viewers. He closed the present along with his second of zen, a candy video of Dipper joyously taking part in within the snow.
Stewart’s heartfelt tribute and willingness to share his grief appeared to create area for others to do the identical.
Howard Stern praised Stewart’s present of emotion on his SiriusXM present, saying he was “proud” of him for being actual.
“It was a superb tv second as a result of individuals are so pretend, they’re by no means actual on TV,” he stated. “He did a tribute to his canine and he was so emotional he may barely get via it, and I believed it was lovely and I need to say it in a severe means, as a result of males to today, 2024, nonetheless have a lot hassle exhibiting emotion. I do know I do.”
Stern added that he wished to be “safe sufficient” in his personal masculinity to cry on air, saying of Stewart, “I believe it’s good that folks see it. I like a person who’s robust sufficient to cry.”
Stern had comparable reward for his good pal Jimmy Kimmel, who has no disgrace about crying on TV. The late-night host has brazenly shed tears over the deaths of Bob Saget and John Ritter and sobbed throughout a monologue over the lack of Cecil the Lion.
NFL heart and former Tremendous Bowl champ Jason Kelce has cried throughout press conferences, on the field and on his “New Heights” podcast. He’s even introduced his brother and cohost Travis Kelce to tears.
Comic and host Steve Harvey grew teary on TV after a avenue was named in his honor.
It’s a far, nicely, cry from the best way males have traditionally been anticipated to comport themselves on tv.
“The acceptability of males crying in public within the US has advanced over time,” media psychologist Dr. Pamela Rutledge informed CNN. “Norms round controlling or expressing feelings are social constructions.”
For males within the public eye who’re serving to evolve these constructs, even when unintentionally, there’s an upside to letting tears fall, based on Rutledge.
“Crying is a traditional emotional expression that releases dopamine and oxytocin, which might reduce emotional misery,” she informed CNN.
Stewart’s love for his canine reduce throughout algorithms over the previous couple of days and provided an outlet, maybe, for viewers to launch just a little of their very own disappointment.
It additionally impressed acts of kindness.
The Animal Haven shelter in New York, the place Stewart adopted his canine over a decade in the past, introduced this week that it has acquired greater than $35,000 in donations in Dipper’s title.
Stewart informed the viewers of Dipper: “My want for you is sooner or later you discover that canine, that one canine that simply is the very best.”