South African comedian Trevor Noah seems to be going beyond the call of duty. Just this week, the Daily Show host gave away 50 laptops to teachers who are giving online lessons from home.
Now he has gone even further. According to reports, Noah is personally paying the salaries of 25 furloughed members of The Daily Show crew who were forced to stay home amid the global Covid-19 pandemic.
Variety reported that Noah informed crew members that he will
continue to pay their
salaries until production starts up again.
A source said: “These are the people who have been on the show with Trevor from day one and help him put on the show.”
“Trevor is personally covering their salaries until the production business opens again.
“He respects his crew tremendously and feels it’s only right that they get through this together.”