Michelle Wolf on Her WHCD Performance: ‘I Wouldn’t Change a Single Word’

Comedienne Michelle Wolf says that she regrets nothing despite all of the controversy surrounding her White House Correspondents Dinner performance.

Wolf’s monologue has generated significant outrage over the last few days, with critics bashing her for taking personal shots at Sarah Huckabee Sanders and fulfilling all of the negative stereotypes about the liberal media. NPR has previewed an interview Wolf gave to Terry Gross for WHYY’s Fresh Air, and she mostly shook off the flak from her routine.

Wolf insisted that the dinner attendees weren’t laughing at her jokes because they didn’t want to seem partisan on camera while she mocked President Trump. While she expressed surprise at how much controversy her performance generated, Wolf was disappointed by it because “I didn’t want to cater to the room. I wanted to cater to the outside audience, and not betray my brand of comedy.”

“I wouldn’t change a single word that I said,” Wolf said. “I’m very happy with what I said, and I’m glad I stuck to my guns.”

When asked if her jabs at Sanders were “sexist,” Wolf made this argument:

“I think one of the things about being a comic is getting to actually, as a woman, I have access to hit women in a way that men might not be able to hit them with jokes. I don’t mean physically hit. But you know, because I’m a woman, I can say things about women because I know what it’s like to be a woman, if that makes any sense.”

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