of The Daily Show host Trevor Noah said Thursday that he would be leaving after seven years on the satirical news show, and did not disclose a timetable for his retirement. “My time is up,” the 38-year-old said in a video on the show’s Twitter account.
The South African comedian said he misses traveling after being held back by the COVID-19 pandemic. “I spent two years in my apartment, not on the road,” he said. “I realized there was another part of my life that I wanted to keep exploring.”
The show rose to prominence under former host Jon Stewart, who hosted the show for 16 years before leaving in 2015. When the relatively unknown Noah was announced as Stewart’s replacement, it took many It was a surprise to people.
There is no indication as to who will be Noah’s successor. Paramount Global Cable Network, which owns the Comedy Central show, said in a statement to US media, “There are no plans for his departure, but we are working together on his next steps. Noah. recounts growing up in apartheid-era South Africa, the son of a black South African mother and a white Swiss-German father, in his 2016 best-selling memoir Born a Crime. “I loved hosting this show. It was one of my greatest challenges him and one of my greatest joys,” said Noah. – AFP
