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Comedian Hasan Minhaj knows how to get his audience to double over with laughter every time he picks up the mic on stage. Listed as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time, Hasan Minhaj’s comedy often has a political side to it. Unfortunately for the comedian, his take on comedy ended up costing him a very important job.
Hasan Minhaj was all set to take over Trevor Noah’s position on Comedy Central’sThe Daily Showafter the latter ended his seven-year-long run as host. However, things didn’t quite work out for Hasan Minhaj who ended up losing the job to returning host, Jon Stewart. According to a fellowDaily Showcorrespondent, Roy Wood Jr., a certain New Yorker profile on the comedian was to blame for this.
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Why Did Hasan Minhaj Lose Out onThe Daily Show?
Trevor Noahhosted the satirical news program from 2015-2022, during which he won several awards for his brilliant hosting. After his withdrawal, Comedy Central was apparently eyeingHasan Minhajto take over the mantle but it all went South when New Yorker’s Clare Malone published anexposéon Minhaj’s stand-up, calling him out for allegedly embellishing the truth.
During an appearance onMike Birbiglia’sWorking It Outpodcast,The Daily Showcorrespondent, Roy Wood Jr. shared his two cents on the whole debacle. After Birbiglia joked that it was Wood who, behind curtains, posted the New Yorker article, Wood stated,
“That’s literally why everything fell apart. As far as I was told, Hasan was going to be the guy…The New Yorker article comes out, and then the buzz is there’s a shift at Comedy Central in whether or not Hasan is still going to be the guy, which eventually turned into he’s not going to be the guy.”
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The latest season ofThe Daily Showis now being hosted byJon Stewartwho has finally returned to the throne he left behind in 2015.
Jon Stewart Talks About His Return
On February 12, Stewart finally sat behind the desk on the set ofThe Daily Showwhere he quickly got hold of the show without missing a beat. It was like he never left! After hosting the show for sixteen years, Stewart said goodbye to the position, and now that he has returned after all these years, we wonder what was it that made the comedian 3 want to host again.
Talking toCBS Newsabout his return, Stewart stated,
“I very much want to have some kind of place to unload thoughts as we get into this election season…I don’t know if I’m hoping to have an influence on politics but I’m hoping to have a catharsis and a way to comment on things and a way to express them that hopefully people will enjoy.”
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Despite returning after seven long years, Stewart is the least worried about not reaching a wide audience as he believes“people will find their way to”good information and content.
You can stream season 29 ofThe Daily Showon DirecTV Stream and Paramount+.
Mishkaat Khan
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A connoisseur of all things horror, fantasy, and the occasional chick flick, Mishkaat has been penning pieces for FandomWire since 2022. She started off as an intern and has worked her way up to a Senior Writer with over 2000 articles to her name.Outside of entertainment, she has also written well-researched medical content as a freelance writer and has experience in social media management.When not writing, you can find her relaxing with a romance novel and a tall glass of iced coffee in her hand or watching re-runs of ‘Supernatural’ and ‘The Office.’
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