I'm just rolling with the punches: Lilly Singh

Indian-Canadian star Lilly Singh says her journey from being a YouTube sensation to becoming the first woman to host a late night TV show in the US has been a "complete shock" but it has also given her a bigger platform to tell authentic stories about her upbringing and culture.

Lilly admits hosting a late night show is quite a shift for her, something she is learning about along the way.

"Everything in my life and career has been a complete shock to me. I'm just rolling with the punches. If things I do build a community, I'll consider it a success," she says about her new gig, "A Little Late with Lilly Singh".

The offer for the NBC show, which airs in India exclusively on Star World, came as a surprise to the star, who says she was initially "confused" as she didn't believe that the network wanted her as a host.

"But I was also nervous and excited because it was unlike anything I had done before. It was really big in terms of schedule and how much time it would take from my life," she told PTI in an interview.

Lilly, who made a flying visit to India to promote the show last week, says her fans in the country rallied behind her like never before.

"I was blown away by how positive everyone's response was in India. I have never felt this amount of support with anything else I've done before in my career. India was overwhelmingly supportive and positive. I felt like everybody was rallying behind me."
"Other night show hosts have been great, funny and amazing but you don't really get to know them authentically and genuinely. That's one thing I want to approach differently."
"I'm a woman so my stories, my jokes and my monologues are influenced by that fact. There are few women doing this hence you get a fresh perspective but it's not a part of my agenda. It's more about who I'm."