“Chris Rock … told me not to be Trevor [Noah] and not to be Jon Stewart, just be myself. It’s an opportunity to do something that I haven’t done before.”
“The Daily Show” returns Tuesday, Jan. 17 for its first show in the post-Trevor Noah era — with Leslie Jones as the first of its rotating roster of guest hosts.
Jones, 55, said she only asked one person for advice while she was preparing to step behind the desk left vacant by the departure of Noah, who hosted Comedy Central’s late-night franchise from 2015-2022. “Just Chris Rock,” she told The Post. “He told me not to be Trevor [Noah] and not to be Jon Stewart, just be myself. I’m Leslie Jones, so it’s gonna be totally different, at least for me. Just like anything else that’s brought to me, it’s an opportunity to come and do something that I haven’t done before.”Jones backstage at “Saturday Night Live” in 2019.Jones will guest-host the show this week followed by week-long stints from Wanda Sykes, DL Hughley, Chelsea Handler and Sarah Silverman.
Jones said that she wasn’t told to consider her time behind “The Daily Show” desk this week as if it’s an audition for the gig, but she said she brings “Honesty — keeping it real” to the late-night table. She said she wasn’t a regular “Daily Show” watcher, but “I watched it a couple of times when Jon [Stewart] and Trevor were on.”
Jones is known for a variety of projects — including standup comedy, the 2016 “Ghostbusters,” reboot, her social media reactions and
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