A Little Late with Lilly Singh is set to launch this September and the Canadian star is taking this time to thank the friends that guided her along the way.
Speaking with ET Canada?s Sangita Patel at the Corus Upfronts in Toronto, Singh acknowledges that hosting her own late-night series will be a learning process and that she's only 50 percent sure of what lies ahead. That said, she is excited about the opportunity, one that she never expected to receive.
?I always wanted my own show, I always wanted to be in movies,? she shares. ?That?s what?s cool about life. When life has ways to be like, ?you didn?t even think of that one.? So, that?s where my life is and it?s great.?
In an Instagram post, Singh reveals that she wouldn?t be taking over Carson Daly's time slot if it wasn?t for some of her closest friends and mentors, Hasan Minhaj and Dwayne ?The Rock? Johnson.
?Dwayne?s advice was great, he said: ?Listen, if you want to become a late night host and then also act and also do all these other things then you will do that. Don?t feel like there?s one specific path you have to follow,? and he gave me the example of himself,? Singh shares.
?He?s really created this path that is kind of unparalleled and so he?s like, ?Do the same thing. Don?t let people tell you-you can?t do one thing and not the other.? So, right after I hung up with him, I was like, ?I?m going to be a late night host now!'?
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