Trevor Noah Announces He Will Leave ‘The Daily Show’
Trevor Noah, South African comedian who took on storage reins of “The Daily Show” after the departure of Jon stewart seven years ago, announced on Thursday that he was leaving the show.
“We laughed together, we cried together,” said Mr. Noah record of the show on Thursday was released before the show aired. “But after seven years, I feel the time has come.”
Comedy Central said in a statement that the network worked with Noah “for a long time to figure out how he was able to maintain his demanding schedule.”
The network added that “there is no timetable for his departure, we are working together on the next steps.”
Noah, 38, said on Thursday that after hosting the show for seven tumultuous years – writing jokes about Donald J. Trump’s presidency, the pandemic and major news events other – he realized that there was “another part of my life that I wanted to keep exploring. “