Ronny Chieng
Ronny Xin Yi
Chieng born 21/11/1985. Chieng is currently a senior correspondent for The
Daily Show on Comedy Central. He also created and plays the lead role in the
sitcom Ronny Chieng International Student, that debuted on ABC Australia
(Australia) in 2017. Chieng was born in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, to a Malaysian
Chinese family. He was raised in Singapore as well as in the United States,
living in Manchester, New Hampshire from 1989 until 1994. Chieng performed at
an annual comedy festival in Melbourne, Australia in 2013 alongside Trevor
Noah. The following year Chieng was asked to be a candidate for the
correspondent position on The Daily Show, which Noah hosts. In July of 2016
Chieng was named one of 10 Comics to Watch by Variety In October of 2016,
Chieng appeared on The Daily Show to offer his take on Jesse Watters Fox News
segment thought to be racist by a large majority of viewers. Chieng was known
for his expletive-laden remarks regarding the segment on conservative network
Fox News. Chieng also revisited New York City's Chinatown the area where
Watters had mocked residents and conducted interviews more respectfully in
Mandarin and Cantonese. The video went viral and was featured by the Washington
Post, Slate, as well as various other outlets. Chieng was a Singapore Sea Scout
in his early years. Chieng has not been able to obtain citizenship or permanent
residence status in Australia despite having lived in Australia for 10 years.
Chieng joked in 2018 that the cynophobe was his name, but later stated that he
is 100 % unafraid of dogs.
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