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Trevor Noah Attempts To Serenade New York City Amid Coronavirus Outbreak—And Gets A Hilarious Dose Of Reality

<p>Roommates&comma; most of the country is dealing with self-quarantines&comma; lockdowns and social distancing&comma; which can quickly give you cabin fever with an urge to get out&period; In effort to offer some friendly entertainment&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;french-ambassador-writes-trevor-noah-a-disapproving-letter-for-saying-africa-won-the-world-cup-given-majority-of-french-players-african-descent&sol;">Trevor Noah<&sol;a> decided to serenade New York City from his balcony—and let’s just say it didn’t exactly go well&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Trevor Noah&comma; host of Comedy Central’s &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Daily Show&comma;”<&sol;em> attempted to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;mashable&period;com&sol;article&sol;trevor-noah-coronavirus-balcony-singing-video&sol;">follow the lead<&sol;a> of the quarantined people in Italy who have been making music together on their balconies as a form of entertainment and support for each other&period; Unfortunately&comma; Trevor didn’t receive the same warm response from the notoriously rude New Yorkers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He posted a hilarious video of himself on his balcony singing &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;A Whole New World” from the classic Disney cartoon &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Aladdin”—and was immediately shut down with someone yelling &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;shut the f&ast;&ast;k up” before he could even finish the first verse&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The video ends with poor Trevor looking discouraged and walking back inside&period; He later tweeted about the incident&comma; writing&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Nothing can break the human spirit&period; Except that guy&period; That kinda hurt&period;” While the video may or may not have been part of an act&comma; it’s entirely believable if you’ve ever been to New York City&comma; as the residents are definitely not known for their friendly demeanor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"B92FB7wh7Pl" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Although the video is funny&comma; it does highlight the very serious situation that we all currently find ourselves in…but we’ll get through it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Roommates&comma; what are your thoughts on this&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"58333" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;trevor-noah-attempts-to-serenade-new-york-city-amid-outbreak-and-gets-a-hilarious-dose-of-reality&sol;" data-secure&equals;"460cd1126b"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;font-size&colon; 25px&semi;font-weight&colon; 600&semi;">What Do You Think Roomies&quest;<&sol;div> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions wpra-static-emojis size-medium" style&equals;"border-color&colon; 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