Trevor Noah Labelled Antisemite As Jewish People Jokes Resurface, South Africa Dragged With Him

Trevor Noah Labelled Antisemite As Jewish People Jokes Resurface, South Africa Dragged With Him

  • Trevor Noah got some negative attention on social media following the anniversary of the 11 October attack in Israel
  • The South African comedian who rose to global fame with The Daily Show was lambasted for old tweets that he made about Jewish people
  • Online users shared their thoughts about the old tweets that Trevor Noah made, and South Africa, as a country, caught some bullets

Trevor Noah became a hot topic on Twitter because of his old jokes. The South African, now American-based comedian's old tweets ruffled feathers when they resurfaced on 11 October 2024.

Trevor Noah dragged again for Jewish people jokes
Trevor Noah was slammed on X for his past jokes about Jewish people. Image: Dimitrios Kambouris
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Online users were offended by Trevor Noah's old tweets. Many people discussed whether or not Trevor Noah should be cancelled.

Trevor Noah's allegedly anti-semitic tweets resurface

A netizen shared tweets by Trevor from 2009 to 2014 where he made jokes about Jewish people. Read the tweets below:

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Online users drag Trevor Noah and South Africa

Some people thought that Trevor Noah was a hypocrite. People criticised him for acting morally superior to others despite having a past of reportedly antisemitic tweets.

@HankCampbell claimed:

"South Africa is up there with Ireland and Sweden as most antisemitic countries so it's no surprise @Trevornoah wrapped himself in the flag of comedy to promote that stuff.. He never made those jokes about Muslim women. So he knows which religions won't put a fatwa on him"

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@JTLonsdale disagreed:

"Trevor said horrible things about Israel and platformed some utter nonsense, and he's wrong and totally misunderstands what's up there. But as a Jew, some of these above are funny / cancel culture is lame."

@Ic_ibz argued:

"Comedian makes fun of people "

@samaraleecarney agreed:

"He’s a comedian. These are jokes. "

@gayest_tone threw shade:

"Honestly, I’m more shocked to see Trevor Noah making a funny joke."

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Rutendo Masasi (Human-Interest editor) Rue Masasi is a Human Interest and Entertainment writer at Briefly News who graduated with a BA (Hons) in English from Rhodes University in 2018. Rue also has 2 years of experience in journalism and over four years of experience as an online ESL teacher. She has also passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. You can reach her via email: rutendo.masasi@briefly.co.za

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