Michael Kosta: What it's like to be The Daily Show's token white correspondent

The Daily Beast

“For a while there, they had like five white male correspondents, you know? And I think about that now and I go, ‘How did they even pick who did what?’" he tells The Last Laugh podcast. "Now, with me, if there’s a white guy story, I know I’m going to get it! Look, the show evolves, the show adapts, the show is taking on the point of view of its host. Trevor (Noah) is not a white guy. He’s not a white American male. He’s showcasing his point of view, which is different than most other TV hosts right now. Did I have to say to The Daily Show, after five or six sketches, ‘Hey, can I not get kicked in the balls on this one?’ And they were like, that’s not because you’re white, that’s because you’re new. But I also understand the tall, white, hetero guy being the butt of the joke is also just funnier sometimes.”