Comedians roast Trump as Conan O’Brien honored at Kennedy Center
Mar 24, 2025
Sarah Silverman, John Mulaney, Will Ferrell and others pull no punches at first signature event at cultural center since Trump took overLeading comedians have defied Donald Trump’s takeover of the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in a show that one described as “the most entertainin
g gathering of the resistance, ever”.Trump did not attend Sunday’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor honouring Conan O’Brien for lifetime achievement in comedy. But his ears may have been burning as comics and celebrities joked at his expense in what became a rallying cry for freedom of artistic expression. Continue reading... ...read more read less