Lilly Singh’s Late-Night Challenge
The internet star snagged an NBC show because of her YouTube charm, but she’s still finding her footing in a traditional arena.
Go ahead, label Lilly Singh an outsider. The newest addition to late night knows she’s a television rarity—a “unicorn,” as she calls herself. “The media has mentioned I’m a bisexual woman of color so much I feel like I need to change my name,” Singh quipped during the opening monologue of her new show, A Little Late. At the time, she laughed off the joke with a graphic of a faux logo. But Singh, the first openly queer woman of color to have her own late-night series, walks a tightrope: She has to challenge the rules and play by them at the same time.
