Desi Lydic (/ ˈ d ɛ z i ˈ l aɪ d ɪ k / DEZ-ee LY-dik) [2] is an American comedian and actress who plays a senior correspondent on the satirical news program The Daily Show. From 2011 to 2016, she starred as guidance counselor Valerie Marks on the MTV comedy-drama series Awkward. [3] She got her start in the 2001 parody film Not Another ...

Desi Lydic unpacks Donald Trump's big presidential election win over Kamala Harris and the subsequent fingerpointing from media pundits. Plus, The Best F**kin' News Team joins Desi to try to...

Oct 19, 2024 · Desi Lydic weighs in on Trump and Harris's many media appearances over the last week, including Trump's 40-minute dance party at his town hall, Kamala Harris's interruption-filled Fox News...

Desi Lydic got A LOT done in just one week: covering the whirlwind of Tucker's firing from Fox news, finding a creative way around abortion pill bans, mentoring the future generation of female...

May 14, 2024 · Desi Lydic, like the majority of her Daily Show colleagues, was surprised on January 24 when it was revealed that Jon Stewart would return to host the long-running Comedy Central show....

5 days ago · Desi Lydic swore off covering Trump's "exhausting and unsustainable" actions only to encounter one of his "crazy new" ideas. ... “Daily Show” host Desi Lydic on Wednesday did a quick 180 on her vow to not let Donald Trump distract her with “some crazy new idea” after the president proposed that the U.S. take over the Gaza Strip.

6 days ago · Jordan Klepper, Desi Lydic for "The Daily Show" (Comedy Central) JD Knapp. February 5, 2025 @ 7:42 AM. Share on Social Media. Share on Facebook; Share on X (formerly Twitter) Share on LinkedIn;

Feb 4, 2025 · Desi Lydic never seriously considered hosting The Daily Show. She was thrilled to have been hired as a correspondent when Trevor Noah was the new host, successor to the show’s iconic star, Jon Stewart. “I watched Jon and all the correspondents on the show all through my 20’s,” Lydic says, “and I thought: That is what I want to do.”

Desi Lydic is a writer, producer and Emmy Award-nominated actress who currently serves as one of the hosts of "The Daily Show." She joins "CBS Mornings" to talk about how she landed her "dream job" and what she's learned from having conversations with people all over the country.

I'm Desi Leideck and I'm hosting the Daily Show all this week. That's right. We're squeezing in one more female host before the Supreme Court makes it illegal. All new shows this week hosted by our own Desi Lydic!