Hasan Minhaj was tapped as new ‘Daily Show’ host — then dumped thanks to damning New Yorker article: report
nypost.comthe Hollywood Reporter, Minhaj’s deal to take over “The Daily Show” after Trevor Noah’s departure was “all but done by late summer.” However, after the New Yorker published an article alleging that Minhaj, 38, exaggerated — and lied about — some of the autobiographical stories in his stand-up, he lost this “all but done” gig.
Stewart, 61, was the host of the Comedy Central satirical news show from 1999 until 2015. Noah, 39, then took over the gig in 2015 before leaving in 2022.
There’s been a rotating lineup of hosts since then, with a roster including Minhaj, Chelsea Handler and Leslie Jones. However, it was widely believed that Minhaj — who was a correspondent on “The Daily Show” before hosting his own similar show, “Patriot Act,” on Netflix from 2018 to 2020 — would be Noah’s permanent successor.
In the New Yorker article, published Sept. 15, reporter Clare Malone broke down the details of his biographical comedy around his experience growing up as a Muslim American and an Asian American.In his 2022 stand-up special “The King’s Jester,” he alleged that he once opened a letter filled with white powder that fell on his daughter.
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