There's a lot of breathlessness there to conclude that they should have hired.... Jessica Williams, who has publicly declined.
And for someone who is complaining (perhaps justifiably) about a lack of vetting, that author does not seem to have done much of her own.
I guess whether his three appearances on the show were "awkward" is a matter of opinion (I didn't think so), but surely there is more available about the man than a handful of terrible tweets. Like his appearances on
WTF and
the Champs. Or on the British TV Show
QI, where he "
seduced" Stephen Fry.
I've only come across him a handful of times, but I've liked him each time and thought he came across as thoughtful and funny, in particular on the Daily Show.
Obviously, those tweets paint a different picture. Can we write them off as lazy jokes from a young guy? Let's hope so.
If it was up to me, I would have picked Williams too, until she declined. Mandvi would have been good with me. They picked someone else. I'm interested to see how it goes.
Finally, that last tweet, about the middle of America? I thought it was a good joke.
