Life

Bisexual YouTube star Lilly Singh is taking Carson Daly’s late night spot on NBC

Jimmy Fallon, Lilly Singh, and Seth Myers.
NBC's late night lineup next season: Jimmy Fallon, Lilly Singh, and Seth Myers. Photo: NBC promotional image

Lilly Singh announced that she is getting a late night comedy show on NBC.

Singh, who is best known for her YouTube channel IISuperwomanII which has almost 15 million subscribers, announced her show on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

A Little Late with Lilly Singh will air at 1:35 a.m. after Seth Myers’s show and will start in September, in the timeslot Carson Daly’s show once held.

Singh said that the show will feature interviews and comedy segments, just like any other late night show. It will be “kind of like my YouTube channel, but now I have more than three staff members.”

Related: Fox News is morally outraged Hillary Clinton cursed on a late night TV talk show

She will be an LGBTQ woman of color working in a medium that is overwhelmingly straight, white, and male.

“I want to give a shout-out to all the women who’ve came before me and are currently in this space because I couldn’t have done that without paving the path,” she told Fallon.

“But I do think it’s a little awesome for an Indian-Canadian woman.”

Last month, Singh came out as bisexual on Twitter.

View this post on Instagram

I can’t even believe I am writing this caption. This is so surreal. What is happening? I NEED TO SIT DOWN. Okay. *breathe* I’m THRILLED (and crying) to announce that ya girl is getting her own @nbc late night show! AHHHHHHH!! And not only did I get to announce this dream come true on @fallontonight but @sethmeyers came out and surprised me as well! I’m so grateful and overwhelmed to be joining this incredible family. I’m numb. I can’t even process. This has been SO long in the making and I’m so happy I can finally share this with you. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! There’s so many people to thank and I will do so over the next few (or hundred) posts. Watch the segment live at 11:30pm est! And now… it’s time to work. It’s time to make magic. It’s time to hustle harder than ever before. Blessings 🙏🏽 #LillyOnFallon #TeamSuperAllDay

A post shared by Lilly Singh (@iisuperwomanii) on

Don't forget to share:

Support vital LGBTQ+ journalism

Reader contributions help keep LGBTQ Nation free, so that queer people get the news they need, with stories that mainstream media often leaves out. Can you contribute today?

Cancel anytime · Proudly LGBTQ+ owned and operated

Vermont becomes the latest state to offer gender-neutral ID

Previous article

Trump’s HIV proposal may be slowed by states that refused to expand Medicaid

Next article