Amber Ruffin to Headline White House Correspondents’ Dinner — But Will Donald Trump Attend?

Gabriela Silva

4 February 2025 at 10:05 am·2-min read

The 2025 White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner will get a few laughs with Emmy and Tony Award-nominated writer and comedian Amber Ruffin serving as the featured entertainer.

The annual event is to be held Saturday, April 26 in Washington, D.C. and broadcast as always by C-SPAN.

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Ruffin is known for her work on CNN’s comedy-news weekly talks series Have I Got News For You and as writer and on-air personality for Late Night With Seth Meyers.

“Amber’s unique talents are the ideal fit for this current political and cultural climate,” WHCA president Eugene Daniels (of Politico) said in a statement. “Her perspective will fit right in with the dinner’s 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.”

“This dinner is about centering the importance of a functioning democracy and Amber is the type of entertainer who understands both the significance of that mission as well as the mechanics of power in this country.”

The big question is whether President Donald Trump will make an appearance at the event. Though the WHCA Dinner is traditionally attended by the President and First Lady, Trump never attended during his first presidential term.

TVLine has reached out to the White House for comment on President Trump’s plans to attend this year’s dinner.

Recent “nerd prom” entertainers have included SNL‘s Colin Jost, Roy Wood, Jr., Trevor Noah, historian Ron Chernow, Michelle Wolf, Hasan Minhaj, Larry Wilmore and SNL’s Cecily Strong.

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