"Thank you but I am extremely under-qualified for the job!"
What a bummer!
Despite being one of our favorites for the gig, and being prophesied in the Hot Tub Time Machine sequel, popular Daily Show correspondent Jessica Williams squashed rumors she would take over as host of the program in Jon Stewart's departure.
The 25-year-old comedian who became the show's youngest ever correspondent in 2012 took to Twitter to deliver the bad news.
Fact 1: I'm not hosting. Thank you but I am extremely under-qualified for the job!
— Jessica R. Williams (@msjwilly) February 16, 2015
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When a great deal of her fans were understandably disappointed with this development, Jessica tweeted again:
thanks to everyone tweetin at me like ?. Haha but I'm not like, dead.This is the beginning of my career. I'm gonna troll that ass for yrs.
— Jessica R. Williams (@msjwilly) February 16, 2015Keep trollin' Jessica! We can't wait to see what your future has in store.
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