Trevor Noah is leaving 'The Daily Show': 'After 7 years, my time is up'

Trevor Noah, comic and host of the supremely popular “The Daily Show” in a surprise announcement stepped away from the anchor role of the programme.

Noah, 38, in a video message on Twitter said that he has been on the show for “seven years” and it has been wild. He recalled the early days as well on the Comedy Central satirical news programme when Noah, then a complete newcomer from South Aftrica, took over the coveted job after Jon Stewart passed the baton in 2015.

“It’s been absolutely amazing. It’s something that I never expected,” Noah said on seven years of being on the show. “I found myself thinking throughout the time of everything we’ve gone through. The Trump presidency, the pandemic, just the journey, more pandemic and I realize that after the seven years, my time is up. But in the most beautiful way, honestly.”

He even added that he was recently in India. “I recently went to India for the first time and people there supported everything we have done.”

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He continued talking about his experience in the 5-minute clip replete with audible audience gasps after the announcement. “I never dreamed that I would be here. 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.”