Trevor Noah’s Feedback On ‘Backlash’ Towards Rishi Sunak Draw Ire – Deadline

Trevor Noah’s days as host of The Every day Present are coming to an finish however he nonetheless is aware of the right way to trigger a stir.

Earlier this week, The Every day Present’s Twitter posted a video during which Noah claimed there had been a “backlash” in opposition to new British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who grew to become the UK’s first chief of Asian descent and Hindu religion earlier this week.

This led to former Tory Chancellor and Well being Minister Sajid Javid reposting the video and writing: “Merely improper. A story catered to his viewers, at a value of being utterly indifferent from actuality. Britain is probably the most profitable multiracial democracy on earth and pleased with this historic achievement.”

In Noah’s video, titled ‘Unpacking the backlash in opposition to new UK PM Rishi Sunak,’ he mentioned: “Watching the story of Rishi Sunak turning into England’s first Prime Minister of color, of Indian descent, of all this stuff after which seeing the backlash is without doubt one of the extra telling issues about how folks view the position that they or their folks have performed in historical past.

“And what I imply by that’s this, you hear numerous the folks saying ‘Oh, they’re taking up, now the Indians are going to take over Nice Britain and what’s subsequent?’ “And I all the time discover myself going ‘So what? What are you afraid of?’”

Watch the complete video right here.

The Every day Present has additionally made headlines this week week for a section during which comic and senior correspondent Ronnie Chieng joked Indian folks akin to Sunak usually are not Asian.

“I do know everybody is happy that that is the primary Asian prime minister, however let’s be clear: Indians usually are not Asians, okay? They’re nonetheless folks — nice folks — simply not Asian folks,” mentioned Chieng.

Noah’s final present as host of Comedy Central’s The Every day Present shall be on December 8. He has been within the position since 2015, when he changed Jon Stewart.