Host of The Daily Show Trevor Noah will headline the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on 30 April.
The annual event makes its return after being cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The 2019 dinner featured no entertainer instead, historian Ron Chernow delivered a keynote speech.
“There is expectation that President Joe Biden will attend the event, as had been tradition until President Donald Trump skipped the dinner during the four years of his presidency,” reports Deadline.
Trevor is currently on his Back to Abnormal word tour.
“Trevor is an incredible talent who keeps us laughing – and thinking – four nights a week,” Steve Portnoy, the president of the WHCA, said in a statement. “We can’t wait for him to help bring our 100-year Washington tradition ‘Back to Abnormal.'”
Noah will host the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards this year. He has written, produced, and starred in 11 comedy specials. His most recent, “Trevor Noah: Son of Patricia,” received an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Variety Show and a Grammy Award nomination for Best Comedy Album.
“The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” has been nominated for several Emmy Awards, including for Outstanding Variety Talk Series in 2021, and received two 2021 NAACP Image Awards. Noah himself has won an Emmy for The Daily’s Show’s “Between the Scenes.”
About the WHCA
Founded in 1914, the White House Correspondents’ Association exists to promote excellence in journalism as well as journalism education, and to ensure robust news coverage of the president and the presidency. We support awards for some of the best political reporting of the past year, and scholarships for young reporters who carry our hopes for vibrant journalism in the years to come. Each day, we work to ensure that the men and women who cover the White House have the ability to seek answers from powerful officials, up to and including the President.
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