Quick answer: On a December 2022 Jay Shetty Podcast conversation, in a story also used in a Viral Podcast Shorts clip, Trevor Noah describes his early stretch "particularly in America." "For many months, maybe even a year and a bit, I was hated, you know, by many people," he says. "Don't get me wrong, there were many people who loved me, but it was such a visceral, understandable, but still visceral response to me as a concept." He voices the reaction as, "Who are you? How dare you? You on a show?" Then, "overnight, all of a sudden people go, 'Oh, you're crushing it.'" "It's a really weird space to be in," he says, "because it's it's terrible, and then it's not, but your brain doesn't shift that quickly." This is his account of how that period felt, not an independent measure of public opinion.
Clip: Viral Podcast Shorts YouTube Short from the full source linked below.
The official YouTube title is Trevor Noah ON: For People Who FEEL LOST In Life, WATCH THIS To Find Yourself | Jay Shetty, from the Jay Shetty Podcast (the show is also known as On Purpose). The upload went up about 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time on December 5, 2022. The Short, from Viral Podcast Shorts, was uploaded about 8:21 p.m. Eastern Time on November 14, 2026. The official description lists a chapter, "Becoming unrelatable to people," starting at 35:43; the used remarks come just after that mark, while the conversation is still on being relatable. This article stays with that window and does not take up the rest of the long interview.
Johannesburg, and the Daily Show dates
The Library of Congress lists him as Noah, Trevor, 1984-, with a birth date of February 20, 1984, and a birthplace of Johannesburg, South Africa. Its citation note, drawing on Born a Crime, also records that as of September 2015 he was the host of The Daily Show, succeeding Jon Stewart. CNN, reporting the day after his last episode, said that final night was December 8, 2022, after a seven-year run. The Jay Shetty conversation went online three days before that last show. His official site now describes him as the former host. RealNameOf does not yet have a live real-name or biography page for him. This article uses Trevor Noah, the name on the episode and in those records.
"Me as a concept," then "our guy"
He ties the story to being "relatable." "Imagine trying to meet people for the first time," he says, "but they have an idea of you, and they've already decided what the idea of you is." "And so, you you you can't even relate or make yourself relatable to them." After the flip, he says he "didn't even have a moment to exist in in relatable." Instead, "it was stranger, you know, don't like different, weird." "Why do you say words the way you do?" He adds a jab at his vocabulary: official captions on the source episode have "what is aluminum?"; the Short's captions have "aluminium." Both point to the same complaint, about how he said the word. He does not treat that turn as simple relief. "And then, 'Oh, yeah, our guy,'" he says, "which I'm grateful for. Eternally grateful for."
He tells "my my people, everyone," "Yo, do not forget. Do not forget how hard this was. Do not forget Do not take it for granted." In the source, the "brain doesn't shift that quickly" line leads into a longer comparison about the body staying in "danger" after a threat has passed. The Short does not keep that continuation. A Short caption that attaches "in my experience" to the brain-shift line is not in the source auto-captions, which go on, "I remember learning once," and is not used as a quote here.
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FAQ
When was the Jay Shetty interview released?
YouTube's timestamp places the official upload at about 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time on December 5, 2022. It is not a 2026 conversation. The Short using the clip was uploaded on November 14, 2026.
Was he still hosting The Daily Show when this came out?
Yes, according to the public dates. The Library of Congress notes he was host as of September 2015. CNN reported that his last episode aired on December 8, 2022, three days after this upload.
Does he say everyone in America hated him?
No. He says he was "hated, you know, by many people," then immediately, "Don't get me wrong, there were many people who loved me." He calls the harsh reaction "understandable, but still visceral," and aimed at him "as a concept."
What flipped, in his telling?
"Overnight, all of a sudden people go, 'Oh, you're crushing it.'" Later he sums the new tone as, "Oh, yeah, our guy." He says he is "eternally grateful," and that his "brain doesn't shift that quickly."