Predicting Trevor Noah's Future Scandals

When Comedy Central first named Trevor Noah its new host of The Daily Show earlier this year, the outrage that greeted the announcement primarily revolved around the fact that (a) he'd barely been on the show and (b) was pretty clearly not as funny as Jessica Williams. But it didn't take long for the real outrages to start accumulating. First, there was Noah's racist and sexist Twitter history (viz "Almost bumped a Jewish kid crossing the road. He didn't look b4 crossing but I still would hav felt so bad in my german car!" and "'Oh yeah the weekend. People are gonna get drunk & think that I'm sexy!' - fat chicks everywhere"). After getting history's lukewarmest on-air defense from his Daily Show predecessor, Jon Stewart, Noah kind of sank from public view for a while. However, with his own Daily Show premiering September 28, the Twitter thing has surfaced again -- and that's not all! After Vanity Fair attracted criticism for its all-male photo (and profile) of current late-night talk show hosts, Noah thought he might as well weigh in on that too, stating with no basis in fact, "I would even argue that women are more powerful than men in comedy right now."

What we have here is a TV broadcaster who's taking over a late-night series from one of the most beloved and respected hosts of all time, and who's either had no media training or spent those sessions napping. Any reasonable person could predict that his tenure at the helm of The Daily Show may not last long, but only we are predicting the scandals yet to come that could clinch his ouster.

• Runs over a Citibike with an Escalade
• Lets Paper shoot him in a Native American headdress for a story on his new role as Daily Show "Chief"
• Admits he doesn't "get" Reggie Watts
• Buys Driscoll raspberries
• Says his favourite season of Friday Night Lightsis 2
• Endorses Carly Fiorina
• Launches signature line of angora beanies
• Stands left, walks right
• Is a "double-vaxxer"
• Isn't Mormon but wears the Temple Garments anyway
• Starts dating Elle Fanning's even younger sister, Oregon
• Gets his news from The Week's daily email blast
• Takes Chuck Scarborough's gift bag at a local-Emmys event
• Won't call Caitlyn Jenner by her current name because he's "pretty sure it's Catherine"
• Insists to friends and intimates that "it WAS because she's a lesbian!"
• Likes Red Vines
• Declares himself a Natalie Wood "Truther"
• Uses "folksy" as a compliment
• Keeps a rooster within NYC city limits
• Touts the superiority of Montreal bagels over New York's
• Has three ferrets, named after members of The Commodores, he calls "my sons"
• Still has a flip phone
• Runs a Hell On Wheels fan blog
• Attends Yale reunions dressed as Mr. Burns from The Simpsons
• Joins Monsanto's Board of Directors
• Doesn't "believe" in dentistry
• Sees Hamilton, tells reporters it's "just okay"
• Patent Office has 500-yard order of protection against him after rejecting his LARP game based on the final Matrix movie
• Calls his penis "Janet"
• Eats pizza with a knife and fork