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Trevor Noah mentioned he’s maintaining his thoughts wide open on the presidential candidates and who he’d interview on Comedy Central’s “Day-to-day Show” during a press conference on Friday, which Company Insider attended.
“We have an opportunity to re-discover these institutions,” Noah told reporters. “I come on with a clean slate, I feel, with a lot of the politicians, a lot of the news media outlets, I have an chance to develop into it.”
Noah thinks Dr. Ben Carson, for example, who lately came beneath fire for saying he would not assistance a Muslim particular person for president, “would be a very energetic interview.”
The South African native, who refers to himself as a progressive politically, expressed many times in the course of the conference that he’s really interested in Rand Paul.
“Myself and [executive producer Steve Bodow] we had been watching the debate with each other and I was complimenting each and every single point Rand Paul stated,” Noah laughed.
Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesRepublican presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) speaks during a campaign stop at an Embassy Suites hotel on June 29, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Bodow warned Noah, “Just you wait. He’s going to break your heart.”
That did not place the host off of getting Paul on the show. “I truly think there is the beginnings of something excellent there,” he mentioned.
And what about Donald Trump? The host has definitely carried out some pondering about the candidate.
“Donald Trump is an fascinating a single, because the truth of the matter is he doesn’t say substantially, and really what we’re performing is enjoying the spectacle of it all,” Noah said. “That’s truly what we’re undertaking: we’re indulging in it. At some point, our indulgence might come back to bite us.”
He mentioned that although he would welcome Trump onto the show, he feels they actually will want to consider about why.
“The question I would ask me and the team is ‘What do we aim to attain from this? What are we trying to do?'” Noah mentioned. “Is it just for entertainment? Are we truly attempting to get answers?”
“The Day-to-day Show With Trevor Noah” will premiere Monday, September 28 at 11:00 p.m. ET on Comedy Central and will be simulcast on all the Viacom networks.
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