Ronny Chieng

Ronny Chieng, born 21 November 1985 in Malaysia is a comedian and actor. Chieng is currently the senior correspondent of The Daily Show on Comedy Central. He also produced and starred in the sitcom Ronny Chieng International Student, which premiered on ABC Australia (Australia) in the year 2017. Chieng was born to a Malaysian Chinese couple in Johor Bahru (Malaysia). Chieng was brought up in Singapore and in the United States. He lived in Manchester, New Hampshire, from 1989 until 1994. Chieng performed with Trevor Noah at a Melbourne comedy festival in 2013. Chieng was asked to audition for The Daily Show's correspondent position two years after. He was named one of the top 10 comics to watch in the July issue of Variety. In October, Chieng joined The Daily Show to discuss the controversial Jesse Watters Fox News segment that was widely viewed as racist. Chieng was known for his expletive-laden remarks about the segment of Fox News, a conservative news network. He also visited the city's Chinatown. Watters had mocked the Chinese residents and gave respectful interviews in Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese. The video went viral and was featured by the Washington Post, Slate, as well as other media outlets. Chieng was a Singapore Sea Scout during his youth. Chieng hasn't been able to get citizenship or permanent residency status in Australia despite living in Australia for ten years. In 2018, Chieng made a joke about being an apologist during the Daily Show however, he later stated in an interview that Chieng was "100 per cent not scared of dogs".



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