Michelle Wolf’s Old Late-Night Bosses Come to Her Defense
May 1, 2018 by admin
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Filthy and Mean
The comedian Michelle Wolf has worked on both “The Daily Show” and “Late Night,” so Trevor Noah and Seth Meyers were not surprised by the rough-riding, profane speech she gave at the White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday.
The speech has drawn criticism for its unapologetic attacks on President Trump and, in particular, jokes involving Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s makeup (Wolf said her eye shadow was made of “burnt facts”).
Noah and Meyers saw little cause for outrage — especially given Trump’s own history of commenting crudely on women’s appearances — and they swept to Ms. Wolf’s defense on Monday.
“She is filthy and she is mean — which is what we love about her. Because those are wonderful qualities for comedians, and terrible qualities for free-world leaders.” — SETH MEYERS, comparing Michelle Wolf with President Trump
“Michelle should have had the decency not to comment on women’s appearances in any way, shape or form. She’s a comedian, for God’s sake, not the president.” — TREVOR NOAH
Noah feigned anger at Wolf — who left “The Daily Show” months ago to host her own program on Netflix — and told her that she was retroactively “fired.”
“I agree completely with President Trump and his team: Comedians should be held to a higher standard than he is. Which is why even though Michelle Wolf left for her new show four months ago, tonight I’m announcing that I’m officially firing her. You hear that, Michelle? You’re fired!” — TREVOR NOAH
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‘Not in the Spirit’
Meyers was especially bothered by the fact that the White House Correspondents’ Association, which hired Wolf for the evening, put out a statement denouncing Wolf. It said her statements were “not in the spirit” of the event.
“You hired her! That’s like a parent sending an email saying, ‘Yesterday’s birthday was meant to celebrate Kevin turning 6 years old. Unfortunately the stripper’s dance routine was not in the spirit of the party.’” — SETH MEYERS
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