Roy Wood Jr., Don Lemon, Tucker Carlson.Photo: Noam Galai/Getty, Taylor Hill/WireImage, AP/REX/Shutterstock
Roy Wood Jr.joked that he will return to the drawing board for his comedy set as host of the 2023 White House Correspondents' Association annual dinner followingTucker Carlson’s exit from FOX News andDon Lemon’s exit from CNN.
TheDaily Showcorrespondent responded to MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan’s tweet about having to change his jokes for the upcoming event given the recent shakeup in the news cycle.
“Pretty sure @roywoodjr is updating his remarks/roast for the White House Correspondents' dinner this coming Saturday,” Hasanwrote on TwitterMonday.
Wood, 44,replied, “‘Updating’? Man I gotta throw out the whole damn script.”
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In a statement on Monday morning, Fox News said the network and Carlson, 53, “have agreed to part ways. We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor.”
Carlson was featured prominently in the network’s recent legal battle with Dominion Voting Systems, according to theAssociated Press. It is unclear if the defamation lawsuit could have played a role in his exit.
The lawsuit, which settled for $787.5 million, reportedly accused Fox News of airing false claims of a stolen election in the weeks after former President Donald Trump’s 2020 loss, theAPreports.
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On Monday,Lemon, 57,was similarly ousted from CNNin an announcement that stunned not only viewers but also the anchor himself, who claimed his agent was tasked with telling him the news.
“After 17 years at CNN I would have thought that someone in management would have had the decency to tell me directly,” he noted onTwitter.
Soon after Lemon’s tweet,CNN pushed backon how his termination unfolded.
“Don Lemon’s statement about this morning’s events is inaccurate,” CNN Communicationstweeted. “He was offered an opportunity to meet with management but instead released a statement on Twitter.”
The White House Correspondents' Association Dinner will be held on April 29 at the Washington Hilton, according toPolitico.
source: people.com
