Ronny Chieng

Ronny Xin Yichieng was born 21/11/1985. Chieng is currently a senior correspondent on The Daily Show on Comedy Central. He also developed and is the star of the sitcom Ronny Chieng International Student, which debuted on ABC Australia (Australia) in the year 2017. Chieng was born in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, to an Malaysian Chinese family. He grew up in both Singapore and the United States, living in Manchester, New Hampshire from 1989 to 1994. Chieng performed alongside Trevor Noah at a Melbourne comedy festival in 2013. A few years later Chieng was selected to be a candidate for the correspondent position for The Daily Show, which Noah hosts. Chieng was selected as one of the top 10 comics to watch in Variety's July 2016 issue. In October 2016, Chieng joined The Daily Show to discuss the controversy surrounding a Jesse Watters Fox News segment some believed was racist. Chieng airs an expletive-filled critique of the segment on Fox News that was deemed conservative by many. He also visited NewYork City's Chinatown where Watters had joked about the residents. The viral video received media coverage in the Washington Post and Slate. Washington Post and Slate In his youth, Chieng was a Singapore Sea Scout. Chieng has not been able to get citizenship or permanent residency in Australia despite living in Australia for 10 years. Chieng made an absurd joke about being cynophobic during 2018's Daily Show. However Chieng later said that he is "100% not afraid of dogs" in an interview.

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