Trevor Noah jumps into fan’s car to beat traffic in Johannesburg
nme.comwho hosted the Daily Show for seven years before quitting in 2022, was due to appear on the 947 radio station in Johannesburg for a morning chat, but bad traffic and an argument between a bike and a taxi driver left the comic late for his appearance on the show.“There’s a bicycle fighting with a taxi driver,” Noah shouted down a phone line to the show’s hosts (via BBC) as he described his nightmare journey into the studio.“That’s not in your traffic report,” Noah added, before saying that he was “gonna get in with some guy,” in an attempt to get to the station.“Can I just say, whoever is in this traffic, I feel you.
We are together,” he laughed while explaining the ordeal after eventually getting to the station with the help of a fan.“The driver I’m with doesn’t know where we’re going,” he recalled. “So I jump out of the car, said I’m gonna run.”“While I’m running people are in the street – listening to your show – [are] hooting and shouting ‘Trevor it’s the other way!
You’re going the wrong way, Trevor!’“Then one guy decides to stop. He doesn’t just point, he stops the car. He says ‘Trevor, get in.’“Then he took me to the wrong building!” Noah laughed.He was eventually found by a staff member of the station, who took him to the studio.
On his arrival, he was greeted with cheers.South African comedian Noah took over from Jon Stewart as host of The Daily Show in 2015.
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