Comedian Larry Wilmore took on the job of following President Obama at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday night [April 30, 2016]. The Nightly Show host successfully made the room uncomfortable with his racially charged jokes. While journalists and politicians shifted in their seats at the jokes on racism, much of Twitter celebrated the truths Wilmore expressed within his monologue.
Here are a few of his better hits:
“Welcome to negro night here in Washington. Or as Fox will report, two thugs interrupt elegant dinner in D.C.”
“And I have to admit it’s not easy to follow the President. You got some jokes, Mr. President. Stay in your lane, man. You don’t see me going around ‘presidenting’ all the time. I don’t go around passing health care, signing executive orders, pardoning turkeys, not closing Guantanamo. Oh wait, maybe I did do that.”
“I have to say about the First Lady it’s so nice to have dinner with you. She’s the epitome of grace, class and poise, isn’t she? Not to be confused with the future first gentleman, Bill Clinton, whose three favorite strippers are Grace, Class and Poise.”
“Fox News actually tried to convince America that Beyoncé was anti cop after her Black Panther inspired performance at the Super Bowl. At the most she’s anti-pants. I think Fox News secretly likes Beyoncé, though. They just renamed the Kelly Files ‘Becky With The Good Hair’.”
Lastly, we cannot forget the final comment that made many take to social media to immediately debate it, a line that simultaneously sent reporters over the edge (Reverend Al Sharpton went on record to call it “bad taste”). Wilmore ended his speech with a common controversial greeting among Black people, followed by a dap and hug from the President. “If I’m going to keep it 100, yo Barry, you did it my n*gga.”
Watch Wilmore’s full speech below.
