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The Daily Show host Trevor Noah announced he is leaving the show after seven years with the program.
«I found myself thinking throughout the time, everything we’ve gone through – the Trump presidency, the pandemic, just the journey … and I realized that after the seven years, my time is up,» he said on Thursday night’s episode before a shocked audience. Noah gave no timetable for his departure.
Noah first joined The Daily Show as a consultant in 2014, and took over hosting duties from Jon Stewart in 2015.
Here’s a look back at some of Noah’s most memorable moments on the show.His first episode as host
In his first episode as the official host, he started the show by paying tribute to Stewart and addressed the controversy about him taking over the show.
Noah, a native of South Africa, joked, «Why didn’t they get an American to host, and again, Comedy Central tried, and those people also declined, and so once more a job Americans rejected is now being done by an immigrant.» His interview with Tomi Lahren
Noah sat down in 2016 with conservative commentator Tomi Lahren, who received backlash at the time for her views on Black Lives Matter and immigration.
