Ronny Chieng

Ronny Xin Yichieng, born 21 November 1985 in Malaysia, is a comedian and actor. Chieng is currently a Senior Correspondent for The Daily Show, Comedy Central. Chieng is the creator and actor of the sitcom Ronny Chieng International Student. The show premiered on ABC Australia and Comedy Central Asia in 2017. Chieng was born into a Malaysian Chinese family. He was born in Johor Bahru. From 1989 to 1994, he resided in Manchester in New Hampshire. Chieng was a part of Trevor Noah at a Melbourne comedy festival in 2013. He was then asked to take on the role of Noah's Daily Show two years after. He was named one the 10 Comics to Watch in Variety's July 2016 issue. In October, Chieng joined The Daily Show to discuss an Jesse Watters Fox News segment some believed was racist. Chieng spoke in expletive-laden terms about the segment of Fox News, the conservative network. He also returned to New York City's Chinatown. Watters had mocked the people living there and conducted interviews with respect in Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese. The video went viral and received attention in the Washington Post and Slate. Washington Post and Slate In his early years, Chieng was a Singapore Sea Scout. Chieng has not been able to obtain citizenship or permanent residency in Australia despite having lived in Australia for ten years. In 2018, Chieng joked that he was an apologist on the Daily Show However, he later , in an interview, he said that Chieng was "100 percent not afraid of dogs".

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