Comedian Whitney Cummings’ Viral CNN NYE Roast Of Biden, Harris, Big Pharma And More Prompts Democrat Backlash
(L) Whitney Cummings visits Sirius XM Studios on December 17, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images) / (R-Top) Anderson Cooper attends the 16th annual CNN Heroes. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for CNN) / (R-Bottom) Andy Cohen attends SiriusXM's 10th Annual Radio Andy Holiday at SiriusXM Studios in New York City on December 19, 2024.・Participate in hangouts. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXM)
OAN Staff Brooke Mallory 5:04 PM – Thursday, January 2, 2025
CNN's The annual New Year's Eve show includes a short comedy roast of Whitney Cummings attacking President Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, pharmaceutical companies, celebrities and more, as left-wing Americans express their anger over the disgusting behavior. As he expressed this, he unraveled a can of worms for the comedian. truth.
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Democrats immediately flooded social media platforms after the 42-year-old comedian appeared on . CNN's Hosted by Anderson Cooper, Gloria Vanderbilt's son, and Andy Cohen, executive producer of The Real Housewives series, the NYE Live special features interviews with the network, the U.S. government, other celebrities, industry and He made a scathing statement to the group. organization.
Since then CNN The report, one of many mainstream media outlets that have long been accused of partisan bias in favor of Democrats as well as President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, makes the uproar even more comical and cultural. made it important.
At one point in the debate, Cummings said, “Democrats couldn't hold a primary…” [as] They were too busy trying to keep themselves upright. ”
The bit alludes to the 82-year-old President Biden, criticizing his extremely poor performance in the 2024 Trump presidential debate and his continued gaffes, senility, and overall mental decline throughout his presidency.
Cooper's response, which seemed to have little sense of humor at the expense of his own politics, was hard to tell from under his umbrella, but his more easy-going co-host Cohen said: Cummings looked visibly “shocked” before asking.
With a faint smile on his face, Cohen replied, “Good luck!”
“It was amazing that the 'pro-choice' faction gave voters nothing when it came to presidential candidates,” Cummings added at one point, pointing out the hypocrisy of the Democratic Party.
She added: “Kamala forced us to be so hard on him that I thought Pfizer had patented it.”
The clip went viral almost immediately, with media members, conservative commentators, and colleagues in the incoming Trump administration sharing it on X, seemingly relishing the opportunity to attack a network that has been criticizing Republicans for as long as anyone can remember. It looks like
Cummings also said there were a lot of things that happened in 2024 that “bred everyone together,” adding, “We all agree that we'd rather see J-Lo in a toxic relationship than do a concert.” I did,” he joked. she continued.
“We all agreed that the government knows perfectly well what drones are and won't tell us. They're still happening, and what's behind them. Don't you know? I mean, they're still in the air, so I think we can rule out the possibility that they're Boeing.'' “Are they still working? This is wild,'' Cummings continued.
“The Boy Scouts of America has renamed themselves Scouting America. Do you know if anyone else has changed their name? Sean Combs. I just want to say… let’s learn something in 2025. .”
This particular bit, in 2024, US Supreme Court lifts moratorium A $2.46 billion settlement was sought from numerous Boy Scouts of America victims of sexual assault. This joke references the name “Sean Combs”. That's because this was the original name P. Diddy used before he was accused of grooming and sexual assault of a minor in 2024.
After liberals and leftists began attacking and condemning Cummings online, she shared a number of explanatory posts attempting to explain her position.
“To all the idiots who are grumpy that I didn't roast Trump on the CNN set, I roasted Trump a long time ago (I think it was 2011?) on Comedy Central. And doing that on CNN is like a fish in a barrel, a cheap shot at court advantage. There's no risk to it,'' she said on X, referring to her 2011 Comedy Central performance of Donald Trump in which the president-elect agreed to join in the fun. Trump also criticized Cummings later in the show.
For all you idiots who are upset that I didn't roast Trump on the set of CNN, I roasted Trump on Comedy Central a long time ago (2011, I think?). But doing it on CNN is fish in a barrel, home court. Give advantage to cheap shots. There's no risk to it. pic.twitter.com/LlKtkjq4dJ
