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Comedian Ronny Chieng Didn't Tell His Parents He Got A 'Daily Show' Job
47 minutes Posted Dec 16, 2024 at 8:23 pm.
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When Ronny Chieng got a job as a correspondent and then anchor at The Daily Show, he kept the news to himself. "I didn't want to brag," the Malaysia-born comic says. "I just wanted to do the work." Chieng now costars in the series Interior Chinatown, and has a new Netflix comedy special, Love to Hate It.

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