Top 5 Things to Know about Trevor Noah, New Daily Show Host

Trevor Noah is the new host of the Daily Show. Here’s your top 5 things to know.

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00:00Trevor Noah is the new host of The Daily Show, and here are your top five things to know.

00:05One, he's South African and in perfect health.

00:09Hold it. I couldn't hold it any longer, and he couldn't hold it because I was like...

00:11And he was like, Ebola! Ebola!

00:16I was like, calm down. Calm down. It's just AIDS. Calm down.

00:20Two, he grew up in a mixed family during apartheid.

00:23Like in the streets, we couldn't even be seen together.

00:25My father would have to walk on the other side of the road,

00:27and he could just wave at me from far, like a creepy pedophile.

00:31Three, he's only been a correspondent on The Daily Show three times, but he taught us a lot.

00:37You know what African mothers tell their children every day?

00:40Be grateful for what you have, because there are fat children starving in Mississippi.

00:45Four, he loves listening to hip-hop on the radio.

00:48I just, I can't handle the cussing. I just can't handle it.

00:51Please, cut it out. But keep the misogyny. Keep that in.

00:55Keep that in.

00:55Keep that in. Because these hoes ain't loyal.

00:58And five, perhaps this is the most important.

01:01Trevor is very concerned about America's plight.

01:05On this very spot,

01:07there was once a jacuzzi hot tub.