It’s Wanda!
Wanda Sykes will headline the annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner this spring, Yeas & Nays has learned.
Sykes, who was born in Virginia and raised in Maryland, did her first-ever stand-up show in D.C.
She’s known for her roles on Comedy Central’s “Crank Yankers,” HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” in addition to her solo work.
Sykes follows in the footsteps of Craig Ferguson, Rich Little and Stephen Colbert, who have headlined the star-studded dinner in recent years.
Sykes is not only a huge fan of President Obama, but she’s also gotten quite politically active of late. She came out as a lesbian shortly after the election, and appeared at rallies protesting California’s Proposition 8, which made gay marriage illegal.
And don’t expect her to be bipartisan. Appearing on “The Tonight Show” last year, she said watching the Republican Convention was “like watching a meeting in Dr. Evil’s lair. … It was like all of the evil people got together, and they were having an evil board meeting. … And each of them, you know, at the board meeting all got up, and each one would tell their plan of how they’re gonna, what they’re going to do with the evil.”
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