Before we go, I was, uh...
I was chatting to Roy Wood Jr., uh, yesterday
when we finished, uh, the show
and he reminded me
that it has been seven years
since we started The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.
-(cheering and applause) -Yeah.
This week is our anniversary.
And...
O-One of the-- one of the overriding feelings
I-I found myself experiencing
throughout the night and-and even today waking up was...
was a feeling of gratitude, you know?
Ronny, like, the journey we've been t--
on together has been wild.
You know, Roy. You know, all the correspondents. Everyone.
There's so many people who-who make this thing come together.
And I want to say thank you to the audience
for an amazing seven years.
It's been wild. It's been...
-it's been truly wild. -(cheering and applause)
You know?
I, uh...
I...
I remember when...
I remember when-- I remember when...
when we first started--
and you-you remember this, Ronny-- it was...
You know, so many people didn't believe in us.
It was a crazy bet to make.
I mean, I-I still think it was a crazy choice.
Um, you know, this-this random African
that's bringing a Chinese guy from Malaysia and...
-(laughs) -Chinese guys with accents
-on American TV. Yeah. -You know? Um...
Yeah, man. And-and what a journey it's been.
Every single one of you who comes here to support us
every single day, everybody who's-who's watched the show,
and then it's grown all around the world and...
You know, I recently went to India for the first time,
and there are people there who, you know,
have supported everything that we've done.
And I-I just found myself filled with gratitude
for-for the journey.
It's been-- it's been absolutely amazing.
It's something that I never expected.
And I found myself thinking throughout the time,
you know, everything we've gone through.
You know, the Trump presidency, the pandemic,
just the journey of, you know, the more pandemic.
-Um... -(laughter)
And then... and I realized
that after the seven years, um, my time is up.
-(gasping, clamoring) -I... uh... -MAN: We love you.
Yeah. But in the most... in the most beautiful way, honestly.
I... I've loved hosting this show.
It's been one of my greatest challenges.
It's been one of my greatest joys.
I-I... I've loved trying to figure out
how to make people laugh
even when the stories are particularly shitty
on the worst days, you know?
We've laughed together, we've cried together.
Um, but after seven years,
I feel like it's-it's... it's time, you know?
I spent two years, um, in my apartment
not on the road. You know, standup was done.
And-and when I got back out there again, I realized
there's another part of my life that I want to...
I want to carry on exploring, you know?
I miss learning other languages.
I miss going to other countries and putting on shows.
I, you know, miss just being everywhere, doing everything.
And I'm really grateful to every single person who's here.
Even the people who aren't here right now,
'cause they went on to do great things,
who helped us do this thing.
Um, you know, it's a... it's a weird thing to say.
I've never been good at, uh... at goodbyes.
And it's not instant. I'm not disappearing.
-Don't worry. -(laughter)
-If I owe you money, I'll still pay you. -(laughter)
Um, and I'm really grateful, you know, to a network
who believed in just this random comedian nobody knew
on this side of the world, you know?
South Africans knew and loved me.
-Yeah. You know. -(laughter)
And, um... and yeah. You know, Paramount has been amazing.
ViacomCBS has been amazing.
Bob Bakish, who believed in me, Chris McCarthy, Keyes.
You know, even the previous team.
Kent and Sara and Michelle and Doug.
And, uh, I've been lucky enough
to be doing multiple projects with them,
and I've been inspired by new ways
to express myself, you know?
Whether it be hosting a White House Correspondents' Dinner,
or doing different standup shows around the world.
Whatever it may be. The point is, um,
I want to say thank you to you, and to you who watch this,
and to you who come, and sometimes you do both.
Um, 'cause, man, I-I never...
I never dreamed that I would be here.
I sort of felt like, uh, Charlie in the chocolate factory.
I came in for a tour of what the previous show was,
and then the next thing I know, I was handed the keys.
Um, but, uh, I-I couldn't have done it without you,
and I wouldn't have wanted to do it without you.
And so, uh, we'll figure out the timings and the whens.
You know, we'll still be here for the time being,
but, uh, all I can say is, thank you very much.
-You've... -(applause and cheering)
...truly made this, you, too, have made this
one of the best experiences of my life.
Ah.
(applause, cheering, whooping)