Comedy

Roy Wood Jr. Quits ‘Daily Show’ After Losing Out on Host Gig

‘A GOOD RUN’

The correspondent was initially rumored to be a frontrunner for the job, but he was never going to stick around if he didn’t get it.

Matt Wilstein
Matt Wilstein 

Senior Editor

A photo including Correspondent Roy Wood Jr. on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
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Matt Wilstein

Matt Wilstein

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