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“The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah has announced he will step away from the anchor desk.
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In a video statement shared on Twitter Thursday, Noah said that after seven years as host of the Comedy Central satirical news program, his “time is up.”
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“It’s been absolutely amazing. It’s something that I never expected,” Noah said of his experience hosting the show.
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“I found myself thinking throughout the time of everything we’ve gone through.
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The Trump presidency, the pandemic, just the journey, more pandemic and I realize that after the seven years, my time is up.”
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Noah, a standup comedian from South Africa, was a relative newcomer to American audiences when he was named as host of “The Daily Show” after Jon Stewart signed off in 2015.
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“I want to say thank you to you, to you who watched this,” Noah said. “I never dreamed that I would be here.
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I sort of feel like ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.’ I came here for a tour of what the previous show was and then the next thing you know I was handed the keys.”
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Noah hinted that his decision to leave the show is rooted in his desire to return to more standup work.
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He expressed his gratitude to his viewers, “The Daily Show” team and to Comedy Central, “who believed in this random comedian nobody knew on this side of the world.”
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He did not share when his final show would be, but said he’d still be around for awhile.