Trevor Noah celebrates 40th birthday
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JOHANNESBURG - Irrespective of where in the world he is, South African export Trevor Noah makes sure he comes home for his birthday to celebrate with his closest circle. According to Noah, it doesn’t matter what they do; all he wants is to be surrounded by his friends.
In celebrating his milestone birthday, Noah gathered his best friends, award-winning radio personalities Anele Mdoda and Sizwe Dhlomo, with best-selling author Khaya Dlanga behind the scenes to shoot a special episode of his podcast ‘What Now? with Trevor Noah’.
In the pre-recorded episode, which is sub-titled ‘Trevor and Friends: Trevor Turns 40!’, Noah, Mdoda and Dhlomo debate over whether birthdays even matter, whether it’s possible to reinvent yourself and whether Noah’s age influenced him to leave ‘The Daily Show’.
The Grammy-host said: “My birthday is upon me. This is my 40th birthday. Everyone tells me that it’s a special birthday, I don’t necessarily feel that. “I try to come home for my birthday. Everyone asked me what I’m going to do and I say ‘as long as I’m with my friends’, and people think I’m giving a beauty pageant answer, but I genuinely don’t care about a party, I don’t care about an activity, I don’t care.
“All I want to do is spend my birthday with my people. Do you know what I mean?” Meanwhile, Mdoda’s birthday in May includes throwing an elaborate celebration, which will probably see about 50 to 150 people being invited.
Dhlomo, on the other hand, only celebrates his childhood birthdays with his family.
“I didn’t even know you could hang out with people who weren’t your family, really. Whenever we had a party, all the cousins would come over.”