30 April 2016 8:19 PM, PDT | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
As host of President Obama’s final White House Correspondents Dinner, comedian Larry Wilmore didn’t pull any punches on Saturday night, chiding everyone from Donald Trump to CNN’s Don Lemon.
“Some of America’s finest black journalists are here tonight. Don Lemon’s here too,” he joked.
Lemon extended his middle finger to Wilmore from the CNN table.
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— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) May 1, 2016
Wilmore also blasted CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, comparing him to a “drone.”
“Ask a follow up question!” he yelled to the news anchor.
Wilmore, host of Comedy Central’s “The Nightly Show,” did attack Trump (“He looks like a rich dad on ‘Law & Order’ who’s frat boy son just strangled a hooker.”) but he mostly put the blame on the media, similarly to Obama’s statements, for being so soft on the Gop candidate.
Wilmore also devoted much »
- Variety Staff
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