Conan O’Brien To Headline White House Correspondents’ Dinner

This year, late-night host Conan O’Brien will be headlining the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. It will be his second time doing so at the so-called “nerd prom.”

White House Correspondents Association president Ed Henry tweeted the news on Wednesday:

In addition to the dinner on April 27, O’Brien reportedly “privately agreed to join forces with the Correspondents’ Association on other initiatives focused on the group’s scholarship fund.”

The last time O’Brien entertained at the event was in 1995.

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