“As far as I was told, Hasan was going to be the guy.”
“That’s literally why everything fell apart,” Wood said after a big laugh.
Reps for the show and Minhaj didn’t immediately respond to EW’s request for comment.
Roy Wood Jr. and Hasan Minhaj.Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images
The September 2023New Yorkerreported thatMinhaj embellished anecdotes in his standupmaterial.
“The punchline is worth the fictionalized premise,” he said in the profile.
Wood departed the show in October 2023after eight years as a correspondent.
