Malaysian comedian Ronny Chieng had no interest in full-time ‘The Daily Show’ hosting gig


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Ronny Chieng (pic) has been part of The Daily Show as a correspondent for nine years through Trevor Noah’s entire run. He stuck around last year as Comedy Central sifted through more than a dozen guest hosts before recently settling on a temporary arrangement: Monday appearances by standard-bearer Jon Stewart with correspondents like Chieng filling in the rest of the week.

“I was happy with whatever decision they made,” said Chieng in an interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, ahead of an upcoming stand-up appearance.

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