Just 10 weeks after he shocked followers—and his closest collaborators—by asserting he can be stepping down as host of The Daily Show, Trevor Noah made his closing goodbyes Thursday evening with a jam-packed episode crammed with jokes, tears and correspondents previous and current.
And he ended his final episode as host by thanking the followers for sticking with him over these previous seven years. “I remember when we started the show, we couldn’t get enough people to fill an audience,” he mentioned, telling them he’s by no means taken the individuals who present up “for granted.”
“Thank you to the people who watch, the people who share the clips, everyone who’s had an opinion,” Noah continued. “Even if it’s a critique, it doesn’t even have to be praise,” he mentioned, “even the people who hate-watched, we still got the ratings, thank you.”
But the majority of Noah’s closing monologue consisted of a “special shout-out” to Black girls who’ve formed him over time. The host received uncharacteristically emotional when he mentioned, “I always tell people, if you truly want to learn about America, talk to Black women. Because, unlike everybody else, Black women can’t afford to fuck around and find out.”
Black girls, particularly, “know what shit is,” he added. That’s why they end up in such excessive numbers in American elections, Noah defined, “because they know what happens if things do not go the way they should.”
“I’ll tell you now, do yourself a favor,” Noah instructed viewers. “If you truly want to know what to do or how to do it, or maybe the best way or the most equitable way, talk to Black women. They’re a lot of the reason why I’m here. So I’m grateful to them and I’m grateful to you. This has been an honor, thank you.”
Looking forward, the way forward for the decades-old late-night franchise feels unsure. Starting mid-January, a bevy of high-profile visitor hosts that embrace everybody from Al Franken to Chelsea Handler to Hasan Minhaj will take the reins on a short lived foundation, however Comedy Central has made no indications about who may get tapped as a everlasting alternative. Perhaps, even inadvertently, Noah was utilizing his final phrases to persuade them it was time for a Black girl to take over the chair.
Roy Wood Jr. on Trevor Noah’s Exit and Why He ‘Can’t Say No’ to Hosting ‘The Daily Show’
When Stewart left the present in 2015, there have been equally huge names who received thrown round as doable successors, however the community in the end determined to take an opportunity on a comparatively unknown stand-up comedian from South Africa. Seven years later, Noah is definitely one of the profitable comedians on the planet.
And you could possibly say that gamble labored out so nicely that he has now grown too huge for the sneakers nobody was certain he might fill.
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