you have said that your mother who
raised you as a single mother in
apartheid and all of that she went
through was the hero of your life in
many ways this is a woman who went back
to work about seven days after surviving
a near-fatal shooting it's right just a
fascinating story of triumph what does
she make of your life now as an American
star you know I'll tell you this one
thing my mom has done that I never take
for granted is she has never quantified
her love for me by what I do but rather
by who I am and so you know when I got
the Daily Show everyone said oh your mom
must be excited I was like yeah she's
excited in that I can pay the rent but
she doesn't get excited for the things I
do outside you know she doesn't go oh
you got that job so I'm happy for you
you got that magazine cover I'm happy
for you she rather judge me by how I
make people feel so if she meets someone
and they go hey your son we enjoyed his
comedy or as a family you know we're
going through an issue and then we read
his book and we enjoy that that's what
she grades me on so I've been lucky in
that I'm not chasing a Fame to try and
get to a place where my mother is more
proud of me she was proud of me when I
was born and I a greatest gift my mom
gave me is that she chose me mama he is
making us feel really good right now
so success