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Late-night hosts are having a ball with the Trump administration. Hes good for material, even better for ratings, and Samantha Bees Full Frontal has wholeheartedly participated in this sport. Bee has delighted in skewering the Golden Showers file and sarcastically saluting Kellyanne Conway, and on Saturday, she will host the Not The White House Correspondents Dinner event as counterprogramming for the real deal (which Trump is boycotting, so Nerd Prom should be an even more awkward endeavor than usual).

To promote her event, Bee sat down with the Hollywood Reporter in an interview conducted by Lena Dunham. The two women discussed how theres now an abundance of news to cover, and every time one switches off the phone, Something terrible happens in the world. Bee finds it challenging to satirize material that she finds potentially tragic, but thats how journalists and TV hosts must roll in 2017. She also reveals how she (like many people) anticipated that Hillary Clinton would be president, but Bee says she planned on calling out any sketchball Clinton policies and moves:

We looked forward to holding President Hillary Clintons feet to the fire. We were so excited about that. We thought, Well be able to tell a diverse range of stories. This will be so interesting. Were not going to let up on her. We want her to be president. But we dont see anyone as the messiah. Its not like she wouldnt have failures and make terrible mistakes and do things we wouldnt like.

Bee also admits that shes not really on Twitter right now, for she felt an immediate felt a geyser of hatred after the election. She simply went dark, although (obviously) her show continues to send out regular tweets. Speaking of which, the show tweeted that they arent able to accommodate everyone who wanted to attend the Not the White House Correspondents Dinner. Yet anyone who wishes to contribute to the chosen cause the Committee to Protect Journalists (from threats, imprisonment, and even death when it comes to those who cross Vladimir Putin) can visit the below link.

(Via Hollywood Reporter)

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