Hasan Minhaj Is Reportedly Out of the Running to Host 'The Daily Show'

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Minhaj, at one time a frontrunner for the job, has apparently fallen out of contention after a New Yorker expose questioned the veracity of some of the comedian's anecdotes.

According to Belloni's entertainment industry newsletter “What I'm Hearing,” Minhaj has been told by execs at Paramount Global, the Daily Show's parent company, that he would not getting the Daily Show host gig vacated by Trevor Noah earlier this year. “Minhaj would have been announced as the new TDS host this summer had the strike not intervened,” wrote Belloni. “Instead, both sides sat on the announcement, and then… disaster.

' After the controversy, the Daily Show reportedly went 'back to square one” in its search for a host, announcing that when it returned after the writers’ strike, it would do so with a series of guest hosts including Leslie Jones, Sarah Silverman, and current Daily Show correspondents. Earlier this month, longtime Daily Show correspondent and fan-favorite Roy Wood Jr.

 

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