Trevor Noah demonstrated the liberation of no longer being a late-night talk show host this week when he shared some new stand-up material about the late Charlie Kirk.

The former Daily Show host was sounding off on the backlash that American comedians received for performing at Saudi Arabia’s state-sponsored Riyadh Comedy Festival, which began on the heels of the conservative activist’s assassination last month. The festival also coincided with Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension from ABC for his comments on the aftermath of Kirk’s death.

“It’s almost perfect comedy timing that this happened now, right? Because had this comedy festival happened at any other time, I think America as an idea would have had more of a leg to stand on as a moral authority,” Noah said on stage at the Comedy Cellar in

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