Comedy Central reacts to backlash against new 'Daily Show' host Trevor Noah's bad tweets

Caroline Moss

Apr 1, 2015, 00:48 IST

Late Monday night, the internet lit its torches for newly-appointed "Daily Show" host Trevor Noah, who is taking over for Jon Stewart on the late night show, after unearthing some offensive tweets Noah sent a few years back.

Now Comedy Central has released a statement defending Noah and its choice to have him host.

Here's part of that statement (via Dave Itzkoff):

Comedy Central supports Trevor Noah in a statement."To judge him or his comedy based on a handful of jokes is unfair" pic.twitter.com/FE4DIi5ff4
- Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) March 31, 2015

And the full tweet from Comedy Central:

.@ComedyCentral stands with @Trevornoah. pic.twitter.com/UnL4DZFjee
- Comedy Central Press (@ComedyCentralPR) March 31, 2015

Here are some of Noah's tweets that were making their way around Twitter last night:

Messi gets the ball and the real players try foul him, but Messi doesn't go down easy, just like jewish chicks. #ElClasico
- Trevor Noah (@Trevornoah) January 25, 2012

"Oh yeah the weekend. People are gonna get drunk & think that I'm sexy!" - fat chicks everywhere.
- Trevor Noah (@Trevornoah) October 14, 2011

Noah, 31, who hails from South Africa and has built a massive following of fans, has appeared on "The Daily Show" three times.

He has not tweeted since yesterday's announcement:

No-one can replace Jon Stewart. But together with the amazing team at The Daily Show, we will continue to make this the best damn news show!
- Trevor Noah (@Trevornoah) March 30, 2015

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