The Daily Show was off the air on Friday when the attacks took place so last night Trevor Noah used his time to add his voice to those of other late-night hosts condemning the events in the French capital on his show last night.
Noah took time during his opening monologue to eschew the usual comedy routine and addressed last Friday's attacks with sincerity, saying that while the show was off the air, he and everyone on the show still had to 'deal with it' and continued on.
"I guess everyone has to deal with it. It’s tough. Because I think our lives are defined by moments - dinner with family, taking a nice drive together, friends gathering at somebody's house to watch Ronda get kicked in the neck. And I think the reason it’s so painful is because often terrorism seeks to replace these moments with death and fear."
"We all are afraid. We replace that fear with anger a lot of the time, but I think what we should try to choose to do is not focus on the perpetrators, because every attack, whether Paris, Beirut, Kenya, seems less about a specific group and more about an attack on humanity itself."
He also attempted some levity with a joke about Finland but ended on a heartfelt note saying: "Our prayers will be with Paris. Our prayers are with the people. But let’s not forget, before we fight, to love."
Via Vulture