Ronny Chieng

Ronny Xin Yichieng, born on 21 November, 1985 in Malaysia is an actor and comedian. Chieng is currently a senior correspondent on The Daily Show on Comedy Central and creator and star of the sitcom Ronny Chieng International Student which premiered on ABC (Australia) and Comedy Central Asia in 2017. Chieng was born into an Malaysian Chinese family. He was born in Johor Bahru. Chieng was raised in Singapore as well as the United States. He lived in Manchester, New Hampshire, from 1989 to 1994. Chieng performed with Trevor Noah at a Melbourne comedy festival in 2013. He was then asked to audition for the position as a correspondent for Noah's Daily Show two years after. In July 2016 Chieng was selected as one of 10 Comics to Check out by Variety In October 2016, Chieng appeared on The Daily Show to share his reaction to a Jesse Watters Fox News segment that was criticized by some as being racist. Chieng broadcast an expletive-laden critique of the segment on Fox News that was deemed conservative by many. He also visited the city's Chinatown. Watters had mocked the inhabitants of the area and conducted respectful interviews in Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese. The viral video received coverage in the Washington Post and Slate. Washington Post and Slate In his youth, Chieng was a Singapore Sea Scout. Chieng hasn't been able to acquire citizenship or permanent residence in Australia despite having lived in Australia for ten years. In 2018, Chieng joked that he was an apologist during the Daily Show however, he later clarified in an interview that he was "100 percent unafraid of dogs".

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