{"id":148083,"date":"2025-02-04T16:24:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T16:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/04\/amber-ruffin-to-host-white-house-correspondents-dinner-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T16:24:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T16:24:41","slug":"amber-ruffin-to-host-white-house-correspondents-dinner-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/04\/amber-ruffin-to-host-white-house-correspondents-dinner-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Amber Ruffin to Host White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t<span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/amber-ruffin\/\" title=\"Amber Ruffin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Amber Ruffin<\/strong><\/a> will host the <strong><em>2025 White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The 56-year-old <em>Late Night With Seth Meyers<\/em> writer and star will host the annual event, which raises funds for the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s set to take place Saturday, April 26 in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"hidearticle\"><em>Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><span id=\"more-2086293\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I began to think about what entertainer would be a perfect fit for the dinner this year, <strong>Amber<\/strong> was immediately at the top of my list,\u201d <strong>Eugene Daniels<\/strong> of Politico, president of the association, said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/politics-news\/amber-ruffin-2025-white-house-correspondents-dinner-1236126815\/\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/politics-news\/amber-ruffin-2025-white-house-correspondents-dinner-1236126815\/&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in a statement.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe has the ability to walk the line between blistering commentary and humor all while provoking her audience to think about the important issues of the day. I\u2019m thrilled and honored she said yes,\u201d he went on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>Amber<\/strong>\u2019s unique talents are the ideal fit for this current political and cultural climate. Her perspective will fit right in with the dinner\u2019s tradition of honoring the freedom of the press while roasting the most powerful people on all sides of the aisle and the journalists who cover them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Amber Ruffin Show <\/em>host is also set to appear in Season 2 of <em>Have I Got News For You<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds from the annual dinner help finance all the WHCA and its philanthropy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2024\/04\/27\/white-house-correspondents-dinner-2024-see-photos-of-every-celebrity-attendee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Find out who attended the 2024 dinner!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=145071315902360\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/02\/04\/amber-ruffin-to-host-white-house-correspondents-dinner-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amber Ruffin will host the 2025 White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner. The 56-year-old Late Night With Seth Meyers writer and star will host the annual event, which raises funds for the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association. It\u2019s set to take place Saturday, April 26 in Washington, D.C. Keep reading to find out more\u2026 \u201cWhen I began to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":148084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-148083","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}