Host of The Daily Show, Trevor Noah covers the March 2016 issue of Esquire. Striking a pose in a grey suiting number from Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Noah is pictured with a bat in hand. Explaining how he grabs people’s interest, Noah subscribes to the quick news update, sharing, “If you just have those, people go, That’s how I get my news every morning. I click on that, dedicate two minutes, then maybe watch another two minutes. I’m saying we should do it like drugs – make the news like drugs. Give them a little taste and get them coming back, and then we charge them.”
Talking to the magazine about growing up in Apartheid South Africa, Noah reveals, “I was a little shit. My dad’s friends used to complain that I had a radio in my chest…Let’s say a group of white kids were about to fight with a group of black kids. You could break the tension with a perfectly placed comment and crack everybody up.” The 32 year-old entertainer continues, “And now, once they’ve laughed, they can’t fight. Because now they’ve broken that facade of impenetrability. That was always my favorite thing…to pierce a moment with a well-timed joke.”
