Daily Show correspondent Roy Wood Jr mouths subtle message during Trevor Noah's Emmy win as show enters second YEAR without compere

Daily Show analogous Roy Wood Jr was caught mouthing a subtle connection to the assemblage during Trevor Noah's Emmy triumph - arsenic the amusement enters its 2nd twelvemonth without a host.  

Since Noah's departure successful precocious 2022, the amusement has failed to find a imperishable big to regenerate him - and instead, they've been utilizing a changeless rotation of impermanent hosts. 

Many believed that Wood would beryllium the campaigner to instrumentality implicit the flagship Comedy Central show, but that imagination ended erstwhile helium besides discontinue past October. 

But Wood - who worked connected the Daily Show for 8 years - made definite helium took the accidental to get his feelings crossed erstwhile each eyes, and cameras, were connected him. 

Lip-readers realized that arsenic Wood stood adjacent to South Africa-born Noah accepting the Emmy, helium was mouthing the phrase: 'Please prosecute a host.' 

Wood confirmed to the Hollywood Reporter: 'I was saying, "Please prosecute a host." I astir apt shouldn't person done it, but this has been going connected excessively long. Get it together!…But I'm truthful blessed that [Noah] won.'

He besides made a gag astir his covert articulator syncing connected stage, penning connected X: 'Chill fam I was trying to bash that successful the low.'

Wood was surrounded by his correspondents from the show, who had conscionable accepted the Outstanding Talk Series grant astatine the 75th yearly Emmys. 

Social media recovered the stunt hilarious. One idiosyncratic wrote: 'You are truthful chaotic (I’m present for it).'

Another added: 'YOU SPEAK FOR ALL OF US UNCLE ROY.' 

Noah, 39, who hails from South Africa, took implicit the amusement from erstwhile big Jon Stewart successful 2015.

Announcing his departure successful 2022, Noah said helium had a feeling of 'gratitude' and thanked the audience. 'It's been wild,' helium said.

'I retrieve erstwhile we archetypal started, truthful galore radical thought it was a brainsick bet, I inactive deliberation it was a brainsick choice, this random African… what a travel it's been. It's been perfectly amazing,' helium said.

'After the 7 years, my clip is up. In the astir beauteous way. I've loved hosting this show,' helium said to audible gasps from the crowd. 

In his exit speech, Noah noted the magnitude of his tenure and the eras the amusement has endured including the Trump presidency and the pandemic.