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Trevor Noah Cozies Up to Dua Lipa Amid Daily Show Exit
Trevor Noah has assistance waiting successful the wings.
After the Daily Show host announced his final episode of the Comedy Central bid would beryllium connected Dec. 8, the web has revealed which comedians volition beryllium filling successful arsenic rotating impermanent hosts, opening Jan. 17.
Those filling successful arsenic big include Al Franken, Chelsea Handler, D.L. Hughley, Leslie Jones, John Leguizamo, Hasan Minhaj, Kal Penn, Sarah Silverman, Wanda Sykes and Marlon Wayans. Daily Show correspondents and contributors volition besides instrumentality the anchor chair, Comedy Central added, with further details to beryllium announced.
In a statement, Chris McCarthy, the president of Paramount Media Networks, reflected connected Noah's ongoing bequest aft hosting the amusement for 7 years.
"As we participate Trevor's last week, we privation to convey him for his galore contributions," helium said. "Trevor redefined the show, arsenic did Jon Stewart earlier him, and arsenic we look to the future, we are excited to reimagine it yet again with the assistance of this unthinkable database of endowment and correspondents on with the immensely talented Daily Show team."
During his last week of shows, opening Dec. 5, the bid has been taking a "celebratory look backmost astatine his top moments" up of his last occurrence connected Dec. 8.
Noah first announced his exit during Sept. 29's episode to a shocked workplace audience.
"I realized that aft the 7 years, my clip is up," he shared to a shocked workplace audience. "But successful the astir beauteous way, honestly. I've loved hosting this show. It's been 1 of my top challenges. It's been 1 of my top joys. I've loved trying to fig retired however to marque radical laughter adjacent erstwhile the stories are peculiarly s--ty connected the worst days. We've laughed together, we've cried together. But aft 7 years, I consciousness similar it's time."
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After the pandemic, Noah said helium realized helium was missing traveling and doing stand-up connected the road.
"I spent 2 years successful my flat not connected the road," helium explained. Stand up was done. When I got backmost retired determination again, I realized there's different portion of my beingness I privation to transportation connected exploring. I miss learning different languages. I miss going to different countries and putting connected shows. I miss conscionable being everyplace doing everything."
Watch Noah instrumentality his last bow during his past occurrence of The Daily Show, Dec. 8 at 11:00 p.m. ET connected Comedy Central.
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