Leslie Jones Would ‘Definitely’ Love To Be Permanent Host Of ‘The Daily Show’

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After Trevor Noah announced his departure from “The Daily Show”, Leslie Jones became the first of numerous revolving guest hosts to fill in until a permanent host is hired, a roster that has included the likes of comedians Sarah Silverman and Amy Schumer to former U.S.

Senator Al Franken. In a new interview with People, the former “Saturday Night Live” star revealed that she had so much fun that she’s “definitely” interested if the opportunity arose to do it full time. “It was one of those in-the-pocket fits.

You know how when you get fitted for a suit and you’re like, ‘Yeah, this suit looks nice on me. Yo, I don’t mind wearing this style on me.’ The Daily Show was [that],” she said. READ MORE: Leslie Jones Celebrates 54th Birthday With Swimsuit Dance: ‘I Still Got It’ “I would say my writer, Lenny Marcus, said to me we have been trying to find the place that actually is going to be a fun and efficient place to work at.

Everybody calls themselves world-renowned, and they’ve done this and done that. But we haven’t ever had totally good experiences on productions a lot of times,” she added. “A lot of times, people are s**t that’s floating, or just not as good as what they think they are, or messy.