Amber Ruffin Reveals Rule She'll Break Hosting White House Correspondents' Dinner
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"I am not going to do that. Maybe I’ll do it a little bit, but probably not," the comedian told CNN's Jake Tapper.
Amber Ruffin revealed the one bit of advice she’s received from other comedians that she will “probably” ignore when she comes to emcee the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on April 26.
Former featured entertainers at the black-tie event (who Ruffin knows) had advised her that “you have to make fun of everybody, you can’t just make fun of the people you disagree with, you have to spread it out evenly,” the comedian and “Late Night with Seth Meyers” writer told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Wednesday.
But she added: “I am not going to do that. Maybe I’ll do it a little bit, but probably not.”
Ruffin is a “perfect fit for the dinner this year,” said WHCA President Eugene Daniels, of Politico, who announced her gig on Tuesday. “She has the ability to walk the line between blistering commentary and humor all while provoking her audience to think about the important issues of the day,” Daniels added.
Tapper asked Ruffin ― who is no stranger to calling out and ridiculing Trump and his GOP allies ― exactly how she intended to walk that line.
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