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Don’t rule Roy Wood Jr. out to replace Trevor Noah as Daily Show host just yet. On Monday, the comedian told Sherri Shepherd that “it could still happen.”
During an interview on Shepherd’s daytime talk show, Sherri—his first TV appearance since announcing his departure from The Daily Show—Wood said that he shocked even himself by choosing to leave, especially during a strike. As he put it, “Who do you know come off strike and then quit the job?”
Although leaving wasn’t his plan, Wood continued, “As you start looking at the lay of the land of late night and television as a whole, that’s going to be a long process figuring out who is going to be in that chair.” While he respects that process, he added, “I need to have my process. So I’m going to be over here making sure all my ducks are in a row as well.”