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Trevor Noah thanks fans and black women in final emotional daily show – The Hollywood Reporter

December 9, 2022

Trevor Noah launched his last episode of The daily show with jokes about Kanye West, the 2016 presidential election and the pandemic.

“When I started this show, I had three clear goals,” the host said. “I was like, ‘I’m going to make sure Hillary gets elected. I’m going to make sure we stop a global pandemic from starting and I’m going to be Kanye West’s best friend.'”

The comedian then shouted out to his correspondents, starting with Michael Kosta, who said he was upset that Noah was leaving the show. Then he kicked Desi Lydic, who joked that she would be doing Noah’s exit interview on behalf of Paramount. She started by asking him what his best personality trait was, then what he would miss the most about her. “Anyone who knows you is lucky to know you,” Noah told Lydic, before jokingly adding, “one of the funniest people I’ve ever met, but one of the worst weather I’ve ever worked with.”

Dulcé Sloan was the next correspondent to say goodbye to the seven-year-old Daily show host. She joked that he was leaving them to go on and make movies, like the Hemsworth brothers. When Noah insisted he hadn’t planned anything and just wanted to take some time off, she questioned her choice. “So you’re just quitting a job to do nothing?” ” she asked. “Wow, you really are half white.”

Ronny Chieng took to the stage to share the trends on social media. “You know what’s trending right now, my feelings,” he told the host. “You saved me from having to work with amateur producers from Australia and Singapore.” Chieng added, “Throughout this, I felt like it was us two immigrants coming together to tell Americans what is wrong with them, what they still appreciate. After getting visibly emotional, Chieng joked with Noah that it was a lie, that he wasn’t really sad and instead asked, “Can I be the new host?”

One of the last correspondents to bid farewell to Noah was Roy Wood Jr., who told the host to finally come clean in his final episode. When Noah asked Wood what he needed to be clear, he said, “You’re not really African.” Wood continued, asking if he was really from Africa, “Why are you all speaking British then?” adding, “there’s no African sound like that, man.” As Noah continued to deny it, Wood gave up and said, “Whatever, it was a good run.”

Jordan Klepper ended the correspondent’s farewell, referring to himself as the person who spends every other week in America, ‘almost getting murdered by QAnon psychopaths’, to which Noah replied he was surprised that Klepper is still alive. The correspondent then presented a Trevor Noah version of Jordan Klepper: Takes the pulse. Klepper roamed the streets of Midtown Manhattan where he asked passers-by about Noah’s departure from The daily show.

After a short break, Noah welcomed Neal Brennan on stage, 13 years after the two friends met at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles. When they met, Brennan told Noah, “America doesn’t tolerate people with accents on TV, so you should leave.” Once John Oliver began to find success as the host of Last week tonight Brennan called Noah and told him to come back.

Noah then praised Brennan’s new special, Blocksbefore Brennan returned the favor with Noah’s stand-up I hope you will, calling it his favorite of Noah’s stand-ups and his “sturdiest, cleanest material”.

“I’m worried about what’s going to happen when you wake up tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. Do you realize you’re not going to be hosting The daily show more? Yeah, you’re just gonna be a bestselling author, doing comedy to sold-out arenas around the world,” Brennan told Noah before handing him her flowers.

During the commercial break, Comedy Central aired a sizzle reel of the likes of Oprah, Issa Rae, Kamala Harris, Tracee Ellis Ross, Nick Offerman, Hillary Clinton and Jesse Williams, who bid farewell to Noah, congratulating him on his work. and thanking him for getting them through “some of the most difficult and historic times of our lives.”

Before signing, Noah shared three lessons he learned during his time as a Daily show animator: politics is an invented way of solving problems; never forget that context matters, and never forget How many context matters; and, finally, “remember that the world is a friendlier place on the internet and the news will make you think.”

Noah reflected on his Daily show journey, which started when Jon Stewart called him and said he saw some of his comedy online, and he saw himself in part Noah.

In his final signature as Daily show host, an emotional Noah said he took a few minutes to thank the fans and the black women who shaped his life.

“I’m grateful to each and every one of you,” Noah said. “I remember when we started the show, we couldn’t get enough people to fill an audience.” He went on to explain that it was also comedy. He recalled that when he started out as a comedian, there were empty seats at his shows, and that’s why he doesn’t take it for granted now.

“Every seat that’s ever been filled to watch something I do, I always appreciate because I know the empty seat behind it, so thank you,” he continued. “Thank you to the people watching, to the people who shared the clips, to everyone who had an opinion, to everyone who was kind and kind enough.”

Noah even thanked people who criticized his show or watched it with hate. “We still have the notes,” he joked. He then changed course and gave a special shout out to black women.

“I’ve often been credited with having these great ideas,” the host said. “Who do you think is teaching me? Who do you think shaped me, nurtured me, informed me? My mother, my grandfather, my aunts, all these black women in my life.”

He went on to say that he tells people that if they want to know more about America, they should ask black women because, “unlike everyone else, black women can’t afford to mess around. and find out.”

“Black people understand how hard it is when things go wrong,” Noah added. “When things are bad, black people know it’s getting worse for them. But black women, in particular, know what shit is.

The Daily show the host concluded his last segment by offering some advice to people.

“If you really want to know what to do or how to do it, or maybe the best way or the fairest way, talk to black women,” Noah said. “Those are a lot of the reasons I’m here.”