Cape Town – South African comedian Trevor Noah has opened up about his desire to become a father, saying that he would like to be the kind of dad who appreciates the human being that he brought into the world.
He appeared on Meghan Markle’s Archetype podcast where they spoke about where he grew up, how he got into comedy, the prospect of fatherhood and she credited the comedian for being “very much in touch with his feelings and emotions”.
“Let me just say, sitting down with Trevor Noah was indeed delightful. He’s calm, gracious, warm and thoughtful,” she said in the podcast.
The pair also spoke about patriarchy and matriarchy within households, with Trevor breaking it down. He also shared something his mother told him when he was very young.
“She said, ‘remember, you can be the head of your household as a man without earning a cent more than your woman.’ She said, ‘you can earn nothing.’ She said, ‘being a man has nothing to do with how you wield your power in the household, it’s just how you fulfill your role.’ And so I think that stuck with me my entire life,” Trevor said.
After discussing ways in which the culture of patriarchy can be shifted, the conversation shifted towards Trevor and the type of dad he would like to become when she asked whether or not he would like to become a dad one day.
“I want to be the kind of dad who appreciates the human being that I brought into the world. I think sometimes parents can be a****** and be like ‘I brought you into this world’ … yeah I didn’t ask you to.
“You need to relax with that. So, I would hope to be a dad who is soft and tough, and fun and stern. Someone who wants the best for my child and also isn’t afraid to engage with the child in me,” Trevor said.
When asked what kind of husband he would like to be, Trevor said he’d like to be whatever his wife wanted him to be and credited Gen Z for his perception of relationships.
“I would want to be the kind of husband that my wife would want me to be. Even there I think we have so many limiting ideas on what marriage is.
“That’s where I loved seeing Gen Z, as they are called, just play with the ideas of what a relationship is and how a relationship is defined,” Trevor said.
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Compiled by Junaid Benjamin
