00:00I thought I was going to be here talking about some, oh yeah, I did such a good job,
00:05or oh well, you know, it's a tough house. Like one of those two. I didn't think I'd be here
00:09going, yeah, well, my big mouth got me in trouble. Comedian Amber Ruffin is saying she's glad she
00:15was canceled from hosting the White House Correspondents Dinner. While on The Late Show
00:19with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday night, the comedian spoke about the association's annual
00:23gala on April 26th, saying it would have been impossible to make jokes about both sides.
00:28We're at a point now where one side is snatching people up off the street and putting them on a
00:35plane, and the other side is, you know, not doing that. Ruffin added that she was really,
00:41really sad for around two hours after hearing that she had been disinvited from performing at
00:45this year's gala. But after looking at her joke material planned for her hosting gig,
00:50Ruffin thought differently. After they fired me, I looked back at my Google Doc and was like,
00:58this would have been bad.
01:01They would not have liked it. Before I had even opened my mouth,
01:07then they would have been really, really sad with what they got.
01:12Ruffin declined to reveal specific jokes from her White House Correspondents gig,
01:16but did talk about broader themes of love and hate.
01:19Saying that out loud now makes me glad that I got canceled.
01:25For more on this year's White House Correspondents dinner, head to THR.com.
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