{"id":254114,"date":"2026-07-28T03:46:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T03:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/28\/cnns-kaitlan-collins-breaks-silence-on-donald-trump-comparing-her-to-trans-actress-dylan-mulvaney\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T03:46:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T03:46:21","slug":"cnns-kaitlan-collins-breaks-silence-on-donald-trump-comparing-her-to-trans-actress-dylan-mulvaney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/28\/cnns-kaitlan-collins-breaks-silence-on-donald-trump-comparing-her-to-trans-actress-dylan-mulvaney\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN\u2019s Kaitlan Collins Breaks Silence on Donald Trump Comparing Her to Trans Actress Dylan Mulvaney"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Journalist Kaitlan Collins<\/strong> is breaking her silence after President Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a> continued to attack her looks, comparing her to trans actress Dylan Mulvaney<\/strong><\/a> and claiming the CNN reporter needs to smile more.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always felt this, regardless of who\u2019s the president \u2026 it\u2019s really not about me, and I don\u2019t want it to be about my reaction. If you let it become about that, then it becomes a back-and-forth between the two of us,\u201d Collins, 34, said on the Monday, July 27, episode of The Daily Show<\/em>. \u201cInstead, I think it\u2019s more important to remind people in those moments when he is insulting me, he is criticizing me \u2026 it\u2019s important to put the reminder back on the work, on the question, and on the non-answers that we get.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Daily Show<\/em> host Jon Stewart<\/strong> pointed out that the ballroom in the Waldorf Astoria was largely silent while Trump lit into her at the White House Correspondents Dinner on Friday, July 24.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve covered Trump for 10 years so I\u2019ve listened to pretty much all of his speeches with very little exception. I actually think it\u2019s helpful for people to listen to [his speeches] in their entirety, which people really don\u2019t these days. In the room, I was not surprised when he insulted me,\u201d she said. \u201cThat happens pretty regularly inside the Oval Office \u2014 this was just a bigger venue where it was happening. What was most surprising to me is that the room was filled with a lot of his staffers, his cabinet, his allies, Republicans in Congress. It was so quiet in the room during the president\u2019s remarks.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tTrans actress Dylan Mulvaney is seemingly lending her support to CNN reporter and anchor Kaitlan Collins after President Donald Trump compared the two women during the rescheduled White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner. On Saturday, July 25, Mulvaney, 29, shared an inspirational quote attributed to former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt via her Instagram Stories \u2014 the same [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Collins\u2019 comments come after Trump, 80, made controversial remarks about the CNN anchor\u2019s appearance at the rescheduled White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Collins is] a young, attractive woman. She never smiles,\u201d Trump said<\/a> of Collins \u2014 one of many instances in which the commander-in-chief has commented on her appearance. \u201cI said, \u2018Kaitlan, do you ever smile? Smile. You have a nice position, you\u2019re at CNN fake news, you should be a happy person. So smile, Kaitlan, just smile.\u201d<\/p>\n

The president then made<\/a> a comment about previously mistaking Collins for transgender actor Mulvaney<\/a>, 29.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought Kaitlan had really made it big with a major new sponsorship, but then I was informed that it wasn\u2019t her on the Bud Light can; it was Dylan Mulvaney.\u201d (Mulvaney, a vocal LGBTQ+ activist, received backlash by right-wing politicians and anti-trans influencers for her 2023 campaign with Bud Light in which her face was placed on beer cans.)<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tPresident Donald Trump took aim at frequent target Kaitlan Collins during this year\u2019s rescheduled White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner. \u201cI want to personally congratulate CNN\u2019s Kaitlan Collins on receiving her award. It was all about me. It\u2019s a fake \u2014 she shouldn\u2019t get the award, it was a fake,\u201d Trump, 80, said during the Friday, July [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Collins hinted that she was unbothered by Trump\u2019s remarks<\/a> on Saturday, July 25, sharing an empowering quote from the former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt<\/strong> via her Instagram Story.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one can make you feel inferior without your consent,\u201d the quote read as part of Collins\u2019 recap of the celebratory evening, in which she received an award for her reporting on Trump\u2019s infamously contentious Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Mulvaney responded to the viral moment on Sunday, July 26, sharing a TikTok video<\/a> thanking the president for \u201creminding me that I am more powerful than I even knew.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tCandace Owens is defending Jimmy Kimmel amid their respective feuds with\u00a0President Donald Trump. \u201cWhat I enjoyed most without question was the absolute whiplash from Trump\u2019s Truth Social post about me, followed almost immediately by their administration crying about the left\u2019s rhetoric,\u201d Owens, 37, said on a YouTube live stream on Wednesday, April 29. She continued: [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cTo quote my favorite recording artist, Shea Diamond, \u2018I am America,\u2019\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

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