Officials from No. 10 Downing Street slammed The Daily Show host Trevor Noah for a monologue claiming British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak received racist backlash in his quest to become the next prime minister.
Former Health Secretary Sajid Javid claimed Noah’s comments that aired Wednesday were “simply wrong” and “detached from reality,” rejecting the notion that the United Kingdom was prejudiced against minorities. A spokesman for the prime minister also confirmed Sunak does not believe that the U.K. is racist.
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“Simply wrong. A narrative catered to his audience, at a cost of being completely detached from reality,” Javid tweeted. “Britain is the most successful multiracial democracy on earth and proud of this historic achievement.”
Simply wrong. A narrative catered to his audience, at a cost of being completely detached from reality.
Britain is the most successful multiracial democracy on earth and proud of this historic achievement. https://t.co/D6k8IUZx0I
— Sajid Javid (@sajidjavid) October 27, 2022
Noah insinuated that the U.K. was racist because of the racial dialogue he apparently heard about surrounding Sunak becoming prime minister. Sunak is the country’s first Hindu and minority prime minister.
“Watching the story of Rishi Sunak becoming England’s first prime minister of color, of Indian descent, of all these things and then seeing the backlash is one of the more telling things about how people view the role that they or their people have played in history,” Noah said as seen in a clip posted to social media. “And what I mean by that is this: You hear a lot of the people saying, ‘Oh, they’re taking over — now the Indians are going to take over Great Britain,’ and, ‘What’s next?’ And I always find myself going, ‘So what? What are you afraid of?”‘
Sunak became the country’s third prime minister since its last election following former Liz Truss‘s resignation after 45 days in office. At the age of 42, Sunak is the youngest prime minister in the United Kingdom in over 200 years.
Noah made the comments after a caller phoned into a segment of British radio station Leading British Conversation last week to criticize Sunak, claiming that Sunak was not British despite being born in England and would prefer the United States to England.
“Rishi’s not even British, in most people’s opinion. He’s got American allegiance. His family’s American,” the caller said. “They’re Indian business people. He’ll go live in America, no doubt. He doesn’t love England like Boris [Johnson] does.”
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Noah announced he was stepping down as host of the Comedy Central show last month after working at the station for seven years. No new host has been named so far, but his final episode will air Dec. 8.
