Ronny Chieng

Ronny Xin Yi Chieng born on 21 November 1985. Chieng is currently a Senior Correspondent on The Daily Show, Comedy Central. He is also the creator and star on the sitcom Ronny Chieng International Student. It premiered on ABC Australia as well as Comedy Central Asia in 2017. Chieng was born in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, to a Malaysian Chinese family. From 1989 until 1994, he was living in Manchester in New Hampshire. Chieng appeared with Trevor Noah in 2013 at a comedy festival in Melbourne, Australia. Chieng was offered the Daily Show's correspondent job two years later. In July 2016 Chieng was named one of the 10 Comics to be watching by Variety In October of 2016, Chieng appeared on The Daily Show to offer his take on Jesse Watters Fox News segment thought to be racist by a large majority of viewers. Chieng broadcast an expletive-laden critique of the conservative network's segment. He also visited NewYork City's Chinatown in which Watters made fun of residents. The video went viral and was covered by the Washington Post, Slate, as well as various other publications. Chieng was a Singapore Sea Scout in his early years. Chieng hasn't been able to get citizenship or permanent residence status in Australia despite living in Australia for 10 years. Chieng joked in 2018 that it was cynophobic. However, he later said that he was 100 percent not afraid of dogs.

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