Kenan Thompson will bring comedy back to the White House Correspondents dinner
It’s been a rocky old few years for the White House Correspondents Dinner. President Donald Trump’s total boycott of the event, Michelle Wolf’s incendiary set two years ago, and last year’s safe but somber lecture have made many question what the point of the whole thing is.
“Kenan and Hasan are two of the most engaged and engaging entertainers in America,” said Jonathan Karl, ABC News correspondent and president of the WHCA. “I’m thrilled they’ll help us celebrate the role of a free press in our democracy... We’re looking forward to a lively evening honoring the most important political journalism of the past year.”
The ditching of comedy was a direct consequence of the controversial performance from Wolf in 2018, who used her spot to harshly ridicule President Trump, his family, and, in particular, then-White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Wolf stunned those in attendance by comparing Sanders to Aunt Lydia from The Handmaid’s Tale, and describing her as “Uncle Tom for white women.”
Story continuesThompson and Minhaj represent a return to the dinner’s comedy roots, while also not threatening to cause the same level of controversy as Wolf. Minhaj hit a careful balance during his last spot in 2017, joking: “I would say it is an honor to be here, but that would be an alternative fact. It is not. No one wanted to do this. So of course it lands in the hands of an immigrant.”
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