Ronny Chieng

Ronny Chieng was born 21/11/1985. Chieng is currently a Senior Correspondent for The Daily Show, Comedy Central. He is also the creator and actor of the sitcom Ronny Chieng International Student. The show premiered on ABC Australia as well as Comedy Central Asia in 2017. Chieng was born to a Malaysian Chinese couple in Johor Bahru (Malaysia). Chieng was raised in Singapore and the United States. He lived in Manchester, New Hampshire, from 1989 to 1994. Chieng was a performer at a comedy festival that took place in Melbourne, Australia in 2013 together with Trevor Noah. A few years later Chieng was asked to audition for the correspondent role on The Daily Show, which Noah hosts. He was named one 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 that was widely viewed as racist. Chieng presented an expletive-laden critique of the conservative network's segment. He also revisited the city's Chinatown and Chinatown, where Watters have mocked the residents and conducted interviews more respectfully with residents in Mandarin and Cantonese. The viral video was featured by the Washington Post, Slate, and other media publications. Chieng was a Singapore Sea Scout during his youth. Chieng hasn't managed to obtain citizenship or permanent residency status in Australia despite living in Australia for 10 years. Chieng joked in 2018 that there was a phobia of cynophobia, however, he later said that he was completely unafraid of dogs.



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