Squeaky Clean Trevor Noah Faces Backlash Over Racist Comments [Video]

Noah has come under fire after a row over a skit he did about the appointment of Rishi Sunak as the new British prime minister.

, the South African comedian has come under fire after a row over a skit he did about the appointment of Rishi Sunak as the new British prime minister.Noah had said there had been a “backlash” over Mr Sunak. His comments were criticised in the UK, with many including ex-chancellor Sajid Javid calling Noah “simply wrong”.

But Noah has now defended his segment, saying he was reacting to racists, and: “That’s why I said. ‘Some people’.” Sunak, who officially took over the reins last Tuesday, is the UK’s first British Asian prime minister. Noah highlighted one particular call-in to radio station LBC as an example of “some people” being racist:

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