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Trevor Noah Plays ‘Who’d You Rather?’

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Trevor Noah found out the hard way that even a spot on People’s Sexiest Man Alive list doesn’t guarantee you a date.

The Daily Show host sat down with Ellen DeGeneres in April 2019 for a round of her recurring bit “Who’d You Rather?” — the knockout-style game where Ellen puts two celebrities on screen and forces her guest to pick one to date. Ellen wasted no time setting up the bit, needling Noah about his newly single status despite the magazine honor. What followed was a bracket full of A-list names, a running joke about Ellen playing matchmaker herself, and Noah trying to talk his way through every uncomfortable choice.

• Ellen opened the segment by noting Noah made People’s Sexiest Man Alive issue yet remained single.
• In the opening matchup, Noah picked Margot Robbie over Gal Gadot.
• Ellen offered to personally set Noah up with Khloé Kardashian, but he leaned toward other options, including Jennifer Aniston, as Nicki Minaj also factored into the bracket.

The Setup

Ellen’s “Who’d You Rather?” format is simple and unforgiving: two famous faces pop up on the screen, and the guest has to pick one, no hedging allowed. Before Noah even got to the first pairing, Ellen framed the whole bit around his relationship status, pointing out that a Sexiest Man Alive nod hadn’t translated into an actual date. It’s the kind of setup she’s used with plenty of guests, and it put Noah on the spot from the first question.

Robbie Over Gadot

The bracket kicked off with Margot Robbie against Gal Gadot, and Noah went with Robbie. It was the cleanest pick of the segment, no real hesitation, and it set the tone for how Noah approached the rest of the game — quick answers followed by a joke to cover the awkwardness of ranking real people’s dating appeal on live television.

Ellen’s Kardashian Pitch

Things got more interesting when Khloé Kardashian entered the picture. Ellen didn’t just put her in the bracket — she offered to broker the introduction herself, playing matchmaker in real time. Noah didn’t bite, instead gravitating toward Jennifer Aniston as the game wore on.

Ellen offered to set Trevor Noah up with Khloé Kardashian herself — he went with Jennifer Aniston instead.

Fans of the segment know Ellen has run this exact kind of matchmaking gambit before, and her willingness to personally vouch for a contender is usually a sign she’s rooting for a particular outcome. Noah’s polite pass on the Kardashian offer got one of the bigger reactions from the studio audience, who could tell Ellen was hoping for a different result. For more on how Ellen operates behind the scenes of moments like this, her longtime bodyguard has shared his own take on what she’s really like off-camera.

Nicki Minaj Enters the Bracket

Nicki Minaj also showed up as one of the contenders Noah had to weigh, adding another layer to a lineup that already included Robbie, Gadot, Aniston and Kardashian. Noah played each matchup for laughs, working the audience and stalling for comedic effect before landing on his picks, which is exactly the dynamic that’s made the segment a recurring favorite on Ellen’s show. If Kardashian family cameos are your thing, Khloé’s own podcast, “Khloé in Wonder Land,” digs into a very different side of her than the one Ellen was pitching to Noah.

By the time the bracket wound down, Noah had picked his way through a lineup most single guys would call a good problem to have — and Ellen never did let him forget that Khloé was still on the table.