Anyone who makes people laugh is a clown – at least that's what Trevor Noah's father thinks. The famous comedian joked about the Berlin Tempodrom, which resembles a circus tent, during his performance on Tuesday. And also talked about the Germans and how he perceives them.Berlin. The South African cabaret artist Trevor Noah obviously doesn't want to be perceived as a clown. "My dad used to ask me, 'Trevor, what do you do for a living? Do you make people laugh? Then you're a clown!' And now I'm coming to Berlin and you put me in a circus tent. I've lost a lifelong battle," Noah said during a performance at Berlin's Tempodrom, which is shaped like a circus tent.

In his two-hour show, Noah, who is the son of a South African mother and a Swiss father, deals a lot with racism and differences between cultures. He certified the Germans to be world champions in apologizing. "Nobody looks back on their history with as much remorse as the Germans."Noah pretended to know the reason for this too: "If you ask an Italian what were you doing in East Africa, he says, yes I know, but look at this pizza here...!" In Germany it doesn't work, Because you can't distract anyone from the horrors of history with bratwurst and sauerkraut, joked Noah. Italy fought a war in Ethiopia in the 1930s under the fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.

Noah has been living in the USA for several years and has become known worldwide as the presenter of the "Daily Show". After seven years he left the show in December 2022. In Berlin Noah will play more shows until July 1st, it is the only German city on the tour.