Right up until he took the lectern at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner this past weekend, Roy Wood Jr. was texting with his writers, making revisions. Gone from his set: a j…
Right up until he took the lectern at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner this past weekend,Gone from his set: a joke about Rupert Murdoch. Too close to a well-received joke just used by PresidentAdded: A line about Anthony Fauci, inserted after Wood was informed that the doctor was an attendee in the Washington Hilton ballroom.about how he pulled off one of the hardest gigs in comedy – performing before the 2,600 journalists, politicos and CEOs packed into the cavernous space.
He also said that he avoided spending too much time on a figure who, for years now, has been a standup favorite, Donald Trump. “That material I wasn’t sure about because I know that some people have strong opinions about the vice president, but it seems like it came out [OK]. I think it was in, which is a big deal, especially in the Black community.” The site characterized Wood as defending Harris, and he agreed. “To a degree it was…If she has done stuff, and nobody acknowledges that, that is just stating what’s what,” he said.
But a joke tied to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and how “great leaders in this room” know “how to make things not happen” did not do so well, Wood noted. “That got nothing,” he said. “Everybody’s laughing [when] I said ‘Don Lemon is an asshole.’ OK. But Don Lemon also did a lot of really good journalism,” he said. “Regardless of behaviors on and off the air that rubbed a lot of people the wrong way, there are a lot of times on air when Don Lemon gave pushback to people who are talking real crazy about marginalized communities, and issues that are affecting millions of Americans.
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