Roy Wood Jr. on Trevor Noah’s Exit and Why He ‘Can’t Say No’ to Hosting ‘The Daily Show’
When Trevor Noah announced he would be stepping down as host of The Daily Show, he cited a conversation with comedian Roy Wood Jr. as part of what made him decide it was time to move on.
In his return to The Last Laugh podcast, the longtime Daily Show correspondent, who started the same day as Noah, talks about this huge moment of transition for the show and addresses the speculation that he is on the short list to take over as host. Wood also opens up about how Jerrod Carmichael’s Rothaniel special lit a fire under him to put out his own deeply personal hour of stand-up and previews how he might cover Herschel Walker when The Daily Show travels to Atlanta for the midterms.
“It’s been a little crazy,” Wood says of these past few weeks. “And you know what’s weird? People don’t know what to say to me. It’s like, ‘How you been? Are you OK? Are you sad? Are you scared? Are you gonna host? What’s going on, man?’”