“I mean, the alumni are pretty esteemed,” Grace Kuhlenschmidt says of her alma mater, Marymount High School in Los Angeles. “It’s Kim Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian, and Olivia Jade from the college admission scandal.” She pauses, before adding: “and senior lesbian correspondent Grace Kuhlenschmidt from The Daily Show.” It’s that kind of humor that earned 28-year-old Kuhlenschmidt her post at the stalwart late-night show.
” Still, she was certain that the odds weren’t in her favor. “I do remember feeling like I crushed that, but I genuinely did not think I was getting the job—not for any lack of confidence on my end, that’s just how auditions work.” It should go without saying that she did, in fact, crush that. But not every comedian who finds success on social media is cut out for the world of television.