In 2014, while still living in South Africa, Trevor Noah started dating Dani Gabriel, a South African native working as a physiotherapist. Still in the early days of his career at the time, Gabriel proved to be a great support system, often accompanying the comedian to his shows and celebrating his wins on social media. “I knew you had it in you and they saw it too. Now the world gets to share it. Couldn’t be prouder,” Gabriel wrote in a congratulatory tweet following Noah’s announcement as host of “The Daily Show.” Sadly, as Noah’s career took off, his relationship with Gabriel reached its end.
While Noah relocated to America to pursue his exploding career, Gabriel remained in South Africa, choosing instead to stay close to her family and continue her physiotherapy practice. “Dani is an ex-girlfriend. They decided to go their separate ways and are not together anymore, they split a few months ago but are still friends,” a source told the Daily Mail. Despite the split, however, Noah continued having a friend in Gabriel, with the physiotherapist gushing to the Daily Mail how proud she was of the comedian. “I don’t need to show my support publicly for Trevor, it doesn’t need validating to anybody else besides me and him. Anything that needs to be said I’ve said to him personally,” she explained to the outlet.
