Hasan Minhaj on going from The Daily Show to The Morning Show
Patriot Act host Hasan Minhaj has been playing a fake news anchor on TV for years now.

If you really think about it, making the move to The Morning Show was a natural move for comedian, actor, and host Hasan Minhaj. After all, he’s been playing a pretend news anchor for years now on shows like The Daily Show. Making the jump to wholly fictional content would probably be a pretty easy step.
We talked to Minhaj via Zoom recently and asked him about his upcoming multi-episode arc on The Morning Show. “I feel like the past seven years of my career, I’ve spent so much time playing a fake TV news anchor,” said Minhaj. “I had no problem looking down the barrel of the camera and reading prompter. That was super easy. The new part was having to do a song and dance number with Reese Witherspoon and then having to do intense drama scenes with both Reese and Jennifer Aniston, which was really fun.”