The Daily Show Guests July 15, 2026

Episode clips

Molly Shannon

Interview

Molly Shannon - Learning Resilience & Collaborating with Will Ferrell on “The Hawk” | The Daily Show

Molly Shannon promotes The Hawk and explains how her 30-year friendship with Will Ferrell made it challenging and rewarding to play his character’s furious wife. She connects the physical abandon of characters such as Mary Katherine Gallagher and Sally O’Malley to childhood trauma, discusses the resilience she gained after losing her mother and sister, and shares advice she gives her aspiring-actor daughter.

Molly Shannon on the challenge of playing Will Ferrell's mean wife in the Netflix series "The Hawk"

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Who were the guests on The Daily Show on Jul 15, 2026?

Molly Shannon was a guest on this episode.

When did this episode air?

Jul 15, 2026.