Between The Scenes - Trevor Responds to Criticism from the French Ambassador
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
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4.4 • 13.5K Ratings
🗓️ 21 July 2018
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Trevor responds to a letter from French ambassador Gérard Araud criticizing him for congratulating Africa on France’s World Cup victory.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Comedy Central. |
| 0:03.0 | I wanted to share this little story with you. |
| 0:07.2 | I got into a little bit of trouble with the French government. |
| 0:14.8 | I know. |
| 0:15.8 | The French government. |
| 0:18.7 | So what happened was, let's start at the beginning, France won the World Cup. |
| 0:25.6 | And so on the show, we celebrated that. |
| 0:30.5 | And I had this joke where I said Africa won the World Cup. |
| 0:34.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:37.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:40.6 | And I was shocked at how angry a lot of French people got. |
| 0:48.2 | Like, genuine. |
| 0:49.2 | A lot of French people were angry. |
| 0:50.2 | And they were like, oh Trevor, how can you say these? |
| 0:52.4 | Where we say these things? |
| 0:53.6 | You know? |
| 0:54.6 | This is horrible. |
| 0:55.6 | And I was like, OK, I get it. |
| 0:56.6 | Not everyone likes every joke that you tell. |
| 0:58.4 | And I get that. |
| 0:59.4 | But this was interesting. |
| 1:00.2 | I got a letter from the ambassador of France. |
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