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ANNOUNCER: Coming to you from New York City,
the only city in America, it's The Daily Show.
Tonight: Trump's latest scandal.
Kamala in Korea.
And Iman.
This is The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.
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What's going on, everybody. Welcome to The Daily Show.
I'm Trevor Noah. Thank you so much for tuning in.
Thank you for coming out in person.
Thank you so much for coming out, everybody.
Oh, man, this is gonna be fun. Take a seat, take a seat.
Let's do this, everyone.
We've got a really great show for you tonight.
Florida is hurricane bonding,
Donald Trump tried to overthrow the government using Diet coke,
and Ronny Chieng faces down Kim Jong-un.
Plus, our guest tonight is an international icon--
Iman is joining us on the show, everybody.
-(cheering, applause) -Looking forward to that.
So, let's do this, people.
Let's jump straight into today's headlines.
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All right, before we get into the big stories,
let's catch up on a few other things going on in the world.
Let's kick things off in public health news.
The FDA has issued new guidelines
as to which foods can be labeled "healthy."
And that now includes nuts and salmon.
And as much as I appreciate that...
I didn't need the government to tell me
that salmon is healthy.
We all know that because that's the thing
that people order at weddings when they want to let you know
that they're better than everyone else.
"Oh... Oh, yeah, I'll have the salmon. Eh."
In international news, the queen of Denmark
has stripped her grandchildrel-- grandchildren
of their royal titles. Yeah.
Because she says she doesn't want them
to be "limited" by their royal duties.
Which is the most posh way ever to say, "Bitch, get a job."
Yeah, those grandkids must have been so grateful.
It's just like, "Wow, Grandma, thanks for not forcing me
"to be a prince anymore. I really hated all the attention
"and the free jewelry. I love being known as
the grandkid formerly known as prince. Thank you."
It's so funny how the British monarchy
had so much drama that all the other monarchies
are now looking around like, "Mm, maybe we should
"shut shit down while we're still ahead, yeah?
Yeah, yeah."
Oh, in gaming news-- this is a fun one--
uh, the maker of the card game Uno has come out officially
and updated its rules to clarify
that you cannot play a Draw 2
on top of another Draw 2
-to make the next person draw four. -(audience exclaims)
Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah, they say, "Draw 2, you take the Draw 2--"
-That's it. That's it. -(audience groaning)
I-I agree with you. I mean, like, who-who makes--
who makes these rules?
I will say it is cool that they're doing it, you know?
If they ask me, we need to fix more game rules. You know?
Forget Uno. I think that works.
Monopoly needs prison reform.
Yeah, my brother gets, like, nine turns buying up
all the properties while my thimble is stuck in jail?
How is that fair?!
No justice, no peace!
But let's move on to some of the biggest stories of the day,
starting with the fallout from Hurricane Ian.
Last night, the monster storm hit Florida
like Florida just came home with a report card full of Fs,
flooding the streets, destroying homes
and infrastructure and leaving millions without power.
Now, the good news is that people
took all the advance warning seriously,
so despite the destruction, there were very few casualties.
And as the storm recedes, we're learning about
some amazing ways that the people of Florida
have pulled together while the storm was raging.
Over my shoulder here, you can see the incredible power
of Hurricane Ian, but now comes, as we've already seen,
the selfless power of people.
Neighbors, friends, even complete strangers
doing whatever they can to help.
Rescues on shore and on land.
Firefighters helping a woman escape floodwaters,
But the fire department also thanking
local jet skiers for helping out,
writing, "Sometimes we need a ride to the rescue ourselves."
In Bonita Beach, one Good Samaritan braving the elements
to save a cat trapped outside on an air conditioner.
MAN: Many of the sailboats are on their side.
There was a-a guy who went on to... to, uh,
to get his three pets off that were still on the boat.
SANDERS: In Saint Petersburg, staff at a botanical gardens
hunkering down with flamingos to see them through the storm.
-Wow. -(applause)
Wow. That is amazing.
That's so nice, just to see, like, everybody coming together.
You know, helping, cats, helping the flamingos.
I mean, I mean, it's nice, but do flamingos need more help
than humans in a hurricane?
It's just weird.
It's like, "Don't worry flamingos, I'll protect you."
Flamingos are like, "Uh, we're the waterbird, dude.
-We'll protect you." -(laughter)
But this is all amazing, right?
The response to the storm was so powerful
that it led to something we've never seen before--
jet skiers being responsible.
(laughter)
Yeah, imagine that.
Getting rescued by a Jet Ski is so awesome
because it doesn't matter how exhausted or emotional you are,
you can't stay that way on a Jet Ski, right?
Yeah, you're gonna be there, like, "Oh, my God, thank you.
"Thank you, I owe you my life.
"All right, shred it, bro! Yeah! Whoo!
Crank that diesel, bitch!"
(applause)
And as for the people rescuing the cat,
that is true selflessness.
Because that's somebody who's going,
"Look, we lost everything, our house is destroyed,
"we don't have power but-- and hear me out on this--
"what if we also had our faces scratched to shit, huh?
What do you think?"
It really is beautiful to see.
But let's move on
because while Florida is recovering from this storm,
there is still the storm that is always hitting America:
Donald J. Trump.
WOMAN: New revelations on the final days
of former President Donald Trump's presidency.
In reporting provided to CNN from a forthcoming book
by New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman,
Trump repeatedly told aides following his election loss
that he would refuse to leave the White House.
Haberman's book reports that Trump told one aide,
"I'm just not going to leave."
Haberman reports Trump quizzed nearly everyone around him
on how to stay in power.
Among those he reportedly asked,
the valet who brought him Diet Coke
when Trump pressed a red button on his Oval Office desk.
(laughter)
I'm... (laughing)
Oh, man, that-that is so much pressure...
to put on your soda guy.
(laughter)
Like, he asked the valet who brings him the Diet Coke?
He was just like, "Soda boy, I need you to make me
"the emperor of America.
How do I do it? How do...?"
He's just like, "Uh... yeah,
I just got a Coke Zero, man."
You know, if I'm honest, I-I-I think it is less weird
to get advice from your Diet Coke valet
and more weird to have a Diet Coke valet.
But, I mean, once you've got him,
you might as well get his input, right?
Just be like, "Yeah, what do you think
about how to overtake a country, huh?"
The real travesty to me is that Trump didn't follow through
with his plan of just not leaving.
Yeah, that would have been exciting.
Yeah, I would have loved to have seen the FBI
chasing Trump around the White House
like an episode of Scooby-Doo, right?
They chase him through one door,
he chases them through another door,
and then they're all being chased by ghosts.
He's just like, "Ruh-roh.
"Many people are saying 'Ruh-roh.'
"Ruh-roh.
So much danger, Scoob, so much danger."
But let's move on...
Let's move on from the previous administration
to the current one.
As you all know, Joe Biden
is the president of the United States.
But what if I told you there's also
a vice president of the United States?
Yeah, it's true, it's true.
Her name is Kamala Harris.
"What?!" I can hear you now.
"If that's the case, Trevor, how come I've never seen her?
"What are you gonna tell me next?
Slender Man is real and I should kill my family? Okay."
Well, I can't speak to the veracity of Slender Man,
but I do have proof that Kamala Harris exists,
and she was just spotted in South Korea.
NEWSWOMAN: Overnight, Vice President Kamala Harris arrived
in South Korea for the last leg of her four-day trip to Asia.
She paid a visit to the Demilitarized Zone
that divides the Korean Peninsula.
The move is to demonstrate America's commitment
to its Asian allies.
Well played, Kamala, well played.
If there's one way to remind people you exist,
it's to go stand at the border between North and South Korea.
Now everybody knows your name.
Yeah, it's the same way no one knew that I existed
in high school-- nobody--
until the day I streaked naked across the football field.
And from then on, everyone knew
One-Testicle Trev was in our school.
Oh, they knew me.
They all know me.
Anyway, because this is such a major moment
on Vice President Harris's trip,
we go live to our very own Ronny Chieng,
who is in the Demilitarized Zone.
Ronny, how is it going over there?
Oh, Trevor, yeah, it's going really well.
Thanks so much for sending me here, by the way.
Great assignment, not racist at all.
Anyway, uh, the vice president was just here,
and she just walked up to the border
with her giant cell binoculars
and then stared at North Korea like a geopolitical pervert.
And, honestly, Trevor, I don't get it.
Why is she here?
Why am I here?
Why's anybody here?
What are you guys even looking for?
You think you're gonna see something
that all the generals and the satellites missed?
It's like, "Oh, look, look, they forgot to lock the gate.
Let's go, go now."
Bunch of idiots.
Honestly, what's she looking at?
What-what is it? What-what...?
You know what? Let me just look out for myself.
All right, what's...?
Oh, oh, look, it's, it's Kim Jong Un,
and, uh...
Oh, looks like he's, uh, watching me on The Daily Show.
(chuckles)
Oh, maybe that guy's not all that bad after all.
Hey, hey! Hey, Kimmy, yo, follow me back on I.G., man!
Uh, anyway, uh, the vice president was here
to strengthen America's alliance with South Korea,
uh, against North Korea,
and let's just see how that went. (clears throat)
NEWSWOMAN: An embarrassing gaffe by Vice President Harris today
when she affirmed America's alliance with the wrong Korea.
So the United States
shares a very important relationship,
which is an alliance with the Republic of North Korea.
And it is an alliance that is strong and enduring.
(laughter, groaning)
Wow!
Wow! You think North Korea is South Korea?
So I guess all Asian countries look the same to you, huh?
Madam Vice President.
What's next, you're gonna mix me up with Simu Liu?
Huh?
Seriously, c-can you?
Could-could you do that, please?
Because I-I would totally be fine with that. (chuckles)
No, no, no, no, no. I'm just joking. I'm just joking.
We're just joking. Everyone, we're just joking, okay,
Madam Vice President.
Nobody give her a hard time about this
or we won't see her again for another six months.
All right, back to you, Trevor.
Hey, uh, hey, Kim! Hey, Kim!
Uh, yo, yo, yo! Uh... (chuckles)
Hey, uh, why don't you check out my comedy special on Netflix?
Yeah, use Trevor's password. It's, uh,
-"ILoveBigButts..." -Oh, no, no! No, no, no!
All right, all right, thank you so much, Ronny Chieng!
Thank you so much. Ronny Chieng, everybody!
(cheering and applause)
Thank you so much.
Not my password. Not my password.
All right, uh...
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)
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One of the most the most frustrating things
about the Internet for me is that--
I don't know if it's creative people who do this
or it's-it's encouraged them.
But... it makes it feel like
people are less inclined to listen
and more inclined to want to immediately,
like, dunk on a person or an idea or a--
Do you know what I mean? But they don't engage anymore.
People don't engage. People just want to be,
"Aha! Ah! What about? What about?"
The reason I-the reason I talk about that is because
of the story in Iran that's happening right now.
I-I'm sure you-you all know it, but if you don't,
what's happening in Iran is
many people are going in-into the streets--
predominantly women, protest-- protesting in the streets--
against, um, the government of Iran and against, uh,
what they call the morality police
that has been getting stricter and stricter
every single regime in Iran, where they force women,
you know, to wear the hijab and then, like,
how they wear it is also important.
It's just, like, basically just a bunch of random dudes
policing women. "You're not moral enough."
And it-it's-it's oftentimes--
There's no rhyme, there's no reason.
They just harass women.
And so now after a woman named Mahsa Amini
was taken into custody by the Iranian morality police,
she died, right?
She was 22 years old and she died.
And so women in Iran have just poured out into the streets
and they-they just said, "We're not taking this shit anymore.
We're fighting for our rights."
It's one of the biggest movements people have ever seen
-in Iran. -(cheering and applause)
But...
But what's so...
what's so disappointing is-is seeing--
and I-I guess it's the Internet--
but you see people who now use this
as an opportunity
to dunk on a religion that they hate.
You know? So they're like,
"Oh, so now we're saying the hijab is bad?"
and "Oh, yeah, you see? Islam, I thought..."
And it's like, no, no, if you understood what was happening,
if you took the time to read beyond a tweet or a headline,
what you'd understand is those women in Iran are not saying,
"We're against people practicing their religion."
What they're saying is, "We are against the government
"forcing everybody to practice one religion
and practice it in one way."
That's what they're saying.
(applause)
There's a big difference between the two.
Like, I've-I've always believed that.
Like... (stammers)
Have whatever religion you want.
Worship however you want.
As long as it doesn't hurt somebody else,
yeah, that's-that's your religion.
That's fine, you know?
But once it becomes a government saying
you have to, and you shouldn't,
and this is how you have to do it, it becomes...
You know what I mean? It becomes this big thing
where they're, like, oppressing people, as well.
Because it's not even...
There's even stories where they'll say like,
"Oh, the hijab wasn't on tight enough,
the scarf wasn't tight enough on the woman's hair."
It's, like, who is defining this, and why, more importantly?
You get the people on the Internet that are like,
"Yeah, we're against...
In fact, burn them everywhere. Burn them."
And it's like, "Well, I see what you're doing.
-You are being an asshole." -(laughter)
That's what you're doing.
-(applause) -You know?
That's what they should have on social media, as well.
-They should also verify assholes. -(laughter)
Yeah, just like, "Oh, verified asshole.
Okay. Now I know what I'm dealing with."
Then I would even click.
I'd be like, "But what are the assholes saying?
Oh. Oh, that's an interesting point."
(cheering)
Welcome back to The Daily Show. My guest tonight
is a legendary supermodel, philanthropist and entrepreneur.
She's here to talk about her new docuseries
that explores Black models' impact on the fashion industry
and American culture. The first two episodes
of Supreme Models are available right now on YouTube,
with new episodes to follow.
If it wasn't for them, we would have been overlooked.
We can't move forward without Black creativity.
The new generation, they want a revolution.
How can you not love this melanin?
Please welcome Iman.
-♪ ♪ -(cheering, applause)
The icon, the legend,
the face known all over the world.
Iman, welcome to The Daily Show.
Okay, so, I was listening to you,
'cause I'm a huge fan of the show.
And I love that bit about your grandmother
-thinking you're famous. -Thank you. Thank you very much.
And I-- Just like an African grandmother, yeah?
-(laughs) -They're all the same.
-They're all the same. Yeah. -They're all the same. They're--
They think our name now is famous.
Well, I feel like your name could be famous
because you are synonymous with the fashion industry.
You're synonymous beyond the fashion industry,
and-and when I heard you were making a docuseries
about the impact that Black models have made
on-on not just the fashion industry but America as a whole,
I was really intrigued, and I was surprised and shocked.
Because many people would say,
-okay, we understand maybe... -Yeah.
how Black people have influenced fashion,
but Black models in-in the world of Civil Rights?
How did you even begin to know about the story
and want to tell it?
Well, uh, they, um...
YouTube and the directors contacted me during COVID,
-and they said that they wanted to do this docuseries -Uh-huh.
and, um, about Black beauty
and Black, specifically, the history of Black models.
And I said to them, "What will you bring to the table
that is new?"
And they said, "There is no documentary on Black beauty
or Black models ever."
-What? Wow. -This is the first.
So automatically, of course, I said, "Yeah, I'm on board."
But what I really wanted to make sure
is that I wanted to-to, uh, to highlight
not just the trial and tribulations of Black models
-in this industry, -Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
-but the joy and the celebration. Yeah? -I love that.
I love that.
-I love that. -Yeah.
Because I feel like that is, that is the journey, you know.
Trials, tribulations, but the joy as well,
which is oftentimes overlooked in many stories.
Exactly, exactly, you know, uh, the...
-And also the-- as culture. -Mm-hmm.
I mean, the, the, the cri de coeur in the '60s
-was "Black is beautiful." -Yes.
That hasn't changed.
We are just now a tribe of Black beauties.
-I love that. -Yeah.
-I love that. -(applause)
You're now showcasing a generation
from the current models
all the way through to many of the pioneers.
All the Naomi Sims, Donyale Luna, you know...
-Exactly, exactly. -Yeah, yeah.
When you look at the industry
through the lens that only you can,
do you think it's changed enough?
Have you seen change that-that you're proud of?
And how far do you still want it to go?
The-- what-- what's been happening in the industry
is like when I started in 1976.
Um, a lot of designers were using Black models.
But then it happened, like, in 2013 there was
this article in The New York Times that said
"The Blonde Leading the Blonde,
and the Blackout of the Black Model."
-Wow. -For six years, in 2013...
-Wow. -...for six years, none of the designers
-have used any Black models. -Wow.
So I was shocked by that. By then, I retired from modeling.
I was doing Iman Cosmetics.
But when I saw that article,
Naomi Campbell and I and Bethann Hardison,
the three of us joined forces together
and wrote to the designers of, uh... of America
and the European designers
to talk about, specifically, about this issue.
"What-what is happening?
"How come there was more Black models
-"in the '70s and '80s and, in 2013... -That is so--
-Yeah, that's crazy. -...nobody was using them?"
What happened was that a lot of, uh, uh, designers
were having casting agents who do the casting for them.
The casting agents now become the-the people
-with the-- with the power. -Right, the gatekeepers, yeah.
And they said-- they said to the agents,
"We are not seeing Black models this season."
As if they were a trend.
-(gasping) -Yeah.
-Wow. -So-so we were...
What we were trying to talk about was not calling them out
-or canceling them out. -Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
We were trying to call them in to understand,
"Are you aware, on your behalf, on your name,
"what these casting agents are doing?
"Because before I call you any names,
-I just want you to know first." (chuckling) -I love that.
I love that. And did they-- and did they respond accordingly?
You-- It-it was palpable, the change.
-I love that. -Yeah. Palpable, the change.
So it's like if you see it, say something.
-So basically. Yeah. -I love that.
-Yeah, that's what it was. -See? Legend.
And legend and legend and legend,
from the beginning, to the middle, to the end,
even when you're out of the modeling industry.
You're now telling these stories, and you know what?
I didn't know so many parts of your journey.
-For instance, starting a cosmetics brand... -Yeah.
...when Black women weren't getting any cosmetics brands
that were focusing on them.
-You've really paved the way for brands like Fenty... -Yes.
...that we see today that are doing so well,
that are growing everywhere.
If you could change one thing
about the modeling industry instantly,
what is the thing you would change?
I would change the decision-makers.
-The people on the top should be exclusive. -Huh.
'Cause a lot of times, you find Prada did an ad,
and everybody was in an uproar because it was purely racist.
-Right. -H&M will do, uh... you know, the monkey.
Oh, yes, the hoody with the monkey, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, exactly.
If there were people in the decision-maker
in their... in their companies,
this would not even be happening.
And that's what you need-- allies.
Not people that will say, behind closed doors,
how much they love you,
but come out and say, "This is how much I love her."
-(applause and cheering) -Well, I say to your face
how much I love you.
Thank you so much for joining me on the show.
-Thank you. -Such an honor having you.
Iman, everybody.
We're gonna take a quick break,
but we'll be right back after this.
Thank you so much.
(applause and cheering)
Well, that's our show for tonight.
Charlamagne is coming up next.
Now here it is-- Your Moment of Zen.