Trevor Noah Addresses Apple Backlash With 'Steve Jobs' Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin

Trevor Noah continued his impressive first month at the helm of “The Daily Show” by addressing the backlash over the upcoming movie about Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs with screenwriter Aaron Sorkin on Tuesday night.

Noah pointed out that some of the Apple community have claimed that “this is not Steve Jobs, the way you’ve portrayed him is incorrect. He was a nice man, he was a friendly man, you’ve made him look mean,” Noah pointed out to Sorkin.

Sorkin offered the simple reply of, “the people saying that have not seen the movie so they don’t know what I’ve made him like. But I apologize right away anyway because I realize that [Apple headquarters] is a building full of people that can hack into my hard drive and do anything they want,” he said.

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After already being involved last year’s Sony hack, the “West Wing” creator added that he was “absolutely done with Silicon Valley. You don’t want to make these people mad at you.”

“This movie is not a biopic … you don’t land on the character’s greatest hits along the way,” he continued, explaining that the film is set in real-time during a product launch and Jobs deals with the conflicts he has along the way, including with his eldest daughter, Lisa.

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As for Sorkin’s own personal experiences with Apple products, he told the South African comedian: “I don’t understand tech at all, it takes me five minutes to find the power button on my Mac. When I took this job I told the studio I would need someone to advise me.

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“So they sent me Steve Wozniak,” but after a phone call with the genius Apple co-founder, Sorkin told the studio: “I am going to need a seventh grade science teacher” instead.

“Steve Jobs” stars Michael Fassbender, Seth Rogen, Kate Winslet, Katherine Waterston and Jeff Daniels, and is directed by Danny Boyle. It hits theaters on Friday, Oct. 9.

“The Daily Show” airs at 11 p.m. on Comedy Central.

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Lewis Black (1996 - )
The "Back in Black" contributor has been there from the start.

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Stephen Colbert (1997-2005)
The long-time correspondent went on to host "The Colbert Report" and is replacing David Letterman on the "Late Show."
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Mo Rocca (1998-2003)
"The Daily Show" gave Rocca his start in television; he later appeared on "The Tonight Show" and "CBS This Morning."
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Vance DeGeneres (1999-2001)
DeGeneres, the older brother of Ellen DeGeneres, appeared on "Dollars and Cents" and "A Tale of Survival" segments.
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Nancy Walls (1999-2002)
Walls, who appeared on "We Love Showbiz" and "Dollars and Cents," is married to fellow former correspondent Steve Carell.
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Steve Carell (1999-2005)
Carell went on to star in "The Office," "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Despicable Me."

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Miriam Tolan (2000-2001)
Tolan starred in "The Heat" and "The Dictator."
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Matt Walsh (2001-2002)
Walsh appeared on "News You Can Utilize" and "Dollars and Cents" before graduating to HBO's "Veep."
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Lauren Weedman (2001-2002)
Weedman appeared on Dollars and Cents" and "We Love Showbiz" segments.
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Mary Birdsong (2002)

Birdsong had a brief stint as contributor.
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Rob Corddry (2002-2006)
Corddry appeared on "This Week in God" and "Come On!" segments before wading into "Childrens Hospital," two "Hot Tub Time Machine" movies and HBO's "Ballers."
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Ed Helms (2002-2006)

Helms recently starred in the 2015 comedy "Vacation."
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Rachael Harris (2002-2003)
Harris appeared in "Mark Your Calendar" and "We Love Showbiz."
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Samantha Bee (2003-2015)
Bee, who married her castmate Jason Jones, has one of the show's longest runs as correspondent.
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Bob Wiltfong (2004-2005)
Wiltfong also appeared on Dave Chappelle's show and "Late Night with Conan O'Brien."
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Dan Bakkedahl (2005-2007)
Bakkedahl was initially hired to replace Colbert.
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Jason Jones (2005-2015)
The husband of Samantha Bee famously appeared in "Are You Prepared?!?" and "Jason Jones 180" segments.
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Nate Corddry (2005-2006)

The younger brother of Rob was one half of the show's "Brother vs. Brother" segments.
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Dan Bakkedahl (2005-2007)
Bakkedahl was hired to replace Stephen Colbert.
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Rob Riggle (2006-2008)
Riggle was the senior military affairs correspondent.
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John Oliver (2006-2013)
After serving as Senior British Person and filling in for Stewart for several months as host, Oliver left to helm his own show, "Last Week Tonight" on HBO.
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John Hodgman (2006- )
Hodgman recurs as the show's Resident Expert and Deranged Millionaire.
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Aasif Mandvi (2006- )
Mandvi remains the Senior Middle East Correspondent.
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Larry Wilmore (2006-2014)
Wilmore served as the Senior Black Correspondent before leaving to host Comedy Central's "The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore."
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Wyatt Cenac (2008-2012)
Cenac was a senior correspondent who voiced the puppet version of former Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele.

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Kristen Schaal (March 2008 - )
Schaal, who now stars on HBO's "Last Man on Earth," is the women's issues correspondent.
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Josh Gad (2009-2011)
Gad served as a contributing correspondent for a brief time.
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Olivia Munn (2010-2011)
Munn served as the Senior Asian Correspondent on "The Daily Show."
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Al Madrigal (2011 - )
Madrigal is both the Senior Latino Correspondent and the California Correspondent.
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Jessica Williams (2012 - )
Williams doubles as the Senior Youth Correspondent and the Senior Beyoncé Correspondent.
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Michael Che (2014)
Che's stint on the show was cut short when he left to co-anchor the "Weekend Update" segment on "Saturday Night Live."

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Trevor Noah (2014-2015)
The show's Senior International Correspondent is slated to take over once Stewart retires.

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Jordan Klepper (2014 - )
Klepper serves as the Senior Caucasian Correspondent.
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Hasan Minhaj (2014 - )
Minhaj is the show's Senior Indian Correspondent.
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