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Trevor Noah (AFP)
Trevor Noah (AFP)

New York - Trevor Noah, the newly announced host of The Daily Show, rejected the backlash over his controversial tweets targeting Jews and women as an unfair reflection of him and his comedy.

"To reduce my views to a handful of jokes that didn't land is not a true reflection of my character, nor my evolution as a comedian," Noah posted on Tuesday on his Twitter account, the same one that included past tweets others deemed offensive.

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