BREAKING: Mike Rowe Just Got Some Horrible News... He Needs Your Support Mike Rowe has become a blue-colllar hero for hosting shows like Somebodys Gotta Do It and Dirty Jobs. He has also become a conservative icon who is not afraid to express his views. At the beginning of this week, Rowe disclosed that he was once going to host The Daily Show before Jon Stewart landed the gig. Rowe wrote the following message on his Facebook along with an image: of the letter. Unless youre a robot or a psychopath, its very hard to not take a personal rejection personally. The hardest one for me to accept is explained in this letter, which I received 17 years ago from a very decent Executive Producer at The Daily Show. Its one of the nicest rejection letters Ive ever received, but it was nevertheless devastating, because I knew then with certainty that this was my dream job. When The Daily Show was first conceived, Comedy Central spent a year looking for the right host. The audition process was extensive, and when the dust settled, it came down to two Craig Kilborn and me. The job went to Craig, and I was crushed. When Kilborn left the show a year later, Rowe went and auditioned again. I went in for another audition. This time, I wasnt going to let it get away. I did the very best job I could, and all modesty aside, I killed it. Afterwards, I was told by the producers and writers that I was about to become the new host of The Daily Show, unless by some miracle Comedy Central were to suddenly cough up the kind of money that could entice a proven entity like Dennis Miller or Jon Stewart. Of course, we all know which way the mop flopped, and I was once again, devastated. 