Daily Show’s Trevor Noah backtracks after Rishi Sunak ‘racist UK’ row

The Daily Show host Trevor Noah, 38, said he did not claim the ‘entire UK’ is racist after being questioned about his previous comments by Sajid Javid and other politicians and commentators. The South African comedian claimed on a clip from the satirical US news show that British people were claiming ‘Indians were going to take over the UK’. The comments sparked backlash from many, including former Cabinet minister Sajid Javid.Others, such as Piers Morgan on his show Uncensored, criticised The Daily Show for falsely portraying the UK as a racist country.Responding to Piers on Twitter, Noah said: ‘C’mon Piers you’re smarter than that.’I wasn’t saying ‘The entire UK is racist’, I was responding to the racists who don’t want Rishi as PM because of his race…READ NOW: Lewis Hamilton confesses ‘I feel so alone’ after reflecting on split Trevor Noah commented on Rishi (Image: GETTY) Trevor Noah commented on Rishi Sunak’s appointment as PM (Image: GETTY) Trevor Noah commented on Rishi Sunak’s appointment as PM (Image: GETTY) Trevor Noah has spoken about the backlash to his comments (Image: GETTY)It comes after the presenter released his monologue, titled ‘Unpacking the backlash against new UK PM Rishi Sunak.’He said: ‘What I mean by that is this, you hear a lot of the people saying ‘Oh, they’re taking over, now the Indians are going to take over Great Britain and what’s next?”And I always find myself going ‘So what? What are you afraid of?”Former chancellor and health secretary Mr Javid shared the clip and wrote: ‘Simply wrong.DON’T MISS…Autumnwatch’s Michaela Strachan admitted struggle to ‘love’ breasts [CANDID CONVERSATION]Strictly’s Kym Marsh had furiously declared ‘I quit’ over accusation [UNEARTHED STORY] Strictly’s Katya Jones honoured as Tony Adams names pet pig after her [LATEST NEWS]’A narrative catered to his audience, at a cost of being completely detached from reality.’Asked whether Mr Sunak believes Britain is a racist country, a Downing Street spokeswoman said: ‘No he doesn’t.’In the comments section on the short clip, viewed over 850,000 times, social media users also criticised Noah for ‘projecting’ his ‘American’ views on race onto Britain. Tom Harwood said: ‘What backlash? Where? You’re making things up.’