After Trevor Noah’s, the face most associate with Comedy Central’s The Daily Show in recent years has belonged to Roy Wood Jr. The comedian has served as a correspondent for the show since 2015, when Jon Stewart still served as the host.
Wood is considered a possible replacement for Noah, who will exit the show in December. He told E! News earlier this week that if he is offered the job, he would be foolish to say no.
He added that he does not know if that offer is coming and likely won’t know until January.
“The question nobody is asking is, ‘If you’re not hosting, are you still staying?’ Hell yeah. It’s a great job,” Wood added. “I get an opportunity to tell stories that we normally wouldn’t get to tell. I think the dope thing about The Daily Show is we have correspondents, and they operate as these extensions of the show. A lot of shows don’t have that.”
Roy Wood Jr. added that he is happy to see Noah pursue opportunities he is excited about and added that he isn’t worried about what the show will or won’t be without Noah when he does leave.
“A friend of mine told me a long time ago, ‘We don’t own these jobs, we lease them.’ So it’s all temporary. Whether it’s Kilborn or Jon or Trevor, whatever the next iteration of The Daily Show is gonna be fine and we’re going to keep whoopin’ their ass and pointing out the bullshit. Nothing’s going to change.”
