'daily Show' Star Who Recently Became Us Citizen Says Becoming American Is Like Joining 'evil Empire'

Ronny Chieng, big of "The Daily Show," compared becoming a U.S. national to joining an "evil empire" during an quality connected Variety's "Awards Circuit" podcast connected Friday.

Chieng, who was born successful Malaysia and moved to nan U.S. arsenic a kid earlier returning to Malaysia astatine property seven, described his eventual return to America successful 2015 arsenic "30 years successful nan making." 

He said he came backmost to nan U.S. to prosecute his profession successful stand-up drama and that it was a "weird time" to go an American.

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Chieng told nan podcast big that he applied for United States citizenship while erstwhile President Barack Obama was still successful agency 10 years ago. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

"I move down offers to circuit overseas each nan time," Chieng said. "I’ve sewage nary liking successful it, because I came from there. I’ve been trying to travel here… truthful it makes consciousness for maine to get citizenship, because if I do time off nan country, I cognize I tin travel backmost successful to nan worldly that I’ve been building here."

Chieng told Variety that nan type of things that attracted him to America were "Back to nan Future" and "Seinfeld" and not "the Iraq War."

"It’s for illustration you’re joining this evil empire, but that’s not why you joined it. It conscionable truthful happened, nan evil empire had immoderate really bully TV shows, and they do stand-up comedy successful The Death Star," he said.

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Chieng compared covering Trump's 2nd word to moving successful an emergency room, saying there's a "car wreck each day." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beginning his tenure connected nan "Daily Show" successful 2015, Chieng noted that "this Trump thing" is each he's known, saying that since he came to America, President Donald Trump's "shadow has been looming aliases successful charge."

"He’s [Trump's] been talking s--- for a agelong clip now. We’re utilized to him talking s---," he explained. "He’s been throwing chaos successful nan operation for a agelong clip now. So successful that sense, it doesn’t consciousness for illustration thing caller successful position of coverage."

Chieng besides compared covering Trump's 2nd word connected nan "Daily Show" to "being successful an emergency room," describing nan non-stop sum of nan president arsenic "outlandish."

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"You benignant of get numb to it, because it’s ever a car wreck each day. It’s thing caller coming in, and it’s thing you person to remark on," Chieng said. "It seems outlandish, but astatine nan aforesaid time, it’s been outlandish for 9 years. So is it outlandish? That’s nan feeling."