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The Don Lemon Show

LEMON DROP | Larry Wilmore Stands Up for Amber Ruffin

The Don Lemon Show

18Hundred LLC.

Society & Culture, News

3.8 • 659 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Don sits down with actor, writer, comedian, and host of Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air, the one and only Larry Wilmore, to unpack the drama surrounding Amber Ruffin’s sudden cancellation from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. What does this say about who gets a platform in political comedy? Why are certain voices still considered too “risky” for the establishment? And how do comedians navigate the fine line between truth-telling and staying invited to the table? Smart, sharp, and unfiltered—this is a conversation you don’t want to miss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

All right, Larry Wilmore's here. He's an actor, writer, comedian, the host of the Larry Wilmore Black on the Air podcast. And he's a dude. I consider him a friend, even though we don't talk. That's my boy, Don. What's up, my brother? Larry, am I going to flip you off again? I hope so, Don. That's our relationship. It's built, you know, that bond that you have when you've

0:24.3

flip people up, you know, and you tell them how you really feel. We've always been honest,

0:28.9

Don, we've always been honest in our relationship. But I'm so happy to, oh, by the way, I apologize

0:33.6

for low production values in my hotel room here. I did want to make sure we had a chance to talk, so that's good.

0:40.5

Oh, it's all good. Listen, the reason that I say that, because when I flipped you off,

0:45.7

you were the host of the comedian at the White House Correspondence dinner that evening.

0:51.7

And you said something like, you know, some of the world's best

0:54.3

journalists are here or something like that or whatever. And also Don Lemon is here. And I, you know,

0:59.9

I flip you the bird. And it was all in fun. I believe I said alleged journalist. Yes, he said

1:06.2

a less. I believe those were my word, too. But let's get to it.

1:11.1

I want to tell people, look, Amber Ruffin, who is extremely talented.

1:15.4

She's not only just, she's not just a comedian.

1:17.3

She's a great, fantastic writer, right?

1:19.4

Yes, she is.

1:20.2

And she's a sketch, so I believe she's like a sketch comic, if I have that

1:24.1

wrong, a sketch comedian.

1:25.3

But she was supposed to host a dinner. Then they canceled her after she said something on the Daily Beast podcast.

1:32.7

And so look, they haven't said why except they were reimagining the dinner and they wanted to

1:38.2

honor.

1:38.5

I don't know what the fuck is going on.

1:40.0

But what do you think?

1:41.4

Come on, man.

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