CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Tries To Learn The Dougie At The Soul Train Awards

Learning the steps to the hip-hop dance colloquially known as “the Dougie” is no easy feat, which is why the song from which it originates is titled, “Teach Me How to Dougie.” So while CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer did try his best to learn and perform the dance at last week’s Soul Train Awards, he was largely unsuccessful.

“The real reason that I’m here tonight is not to bring you the news, as I do with The Situation Room every night,” the CNN anchor warned the audience. “The real reason that I came here tonight is because I want to learn how to do the Dougie.”

OK! So, did he? Well, not quite. He had trouble perfecting the sinuous movements required of the Dougie, a West Coast dance that shares similarities and a home state with dances like the Jerk and Krump. One source of blame could be the fact that he asked New York rapper Doug E. Fresh to mentor him—the song and its dance comes from Cali Swag District, a young group unassociated with Fresh.

After his awkward writhing, Blitzer accepted an award on behalf of the absent Eminem. Emboldened by his newfound swagger, he went into the audience to diss his CNN colleague Tony Harris: “I have more [Twitter] followers than you.” Snap!

Watch the O.G. Blitzer drop it like it’s hot in the video below.

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