The Michelle Wolf controversy forced Stephen Colbert to resurrect Stephen Colbert
We are on stage (checks math) six of the backlash to Michelle Wolf’s speech at the White House Correspondents Dinner? It’s hard to keep track. The point is, after making some extremely appropriate and well-tuned jokes about our dumb administration and media apparatus, Wolf has been under siege by faux-outraged Republicans, leading to 1) a completely spineless railroading by the White House Correspondents Association itself, and 2) a flood of support from fellow comedians. Last night her old boss Seth Meyers went to the mat for her, Dave Chappelle has said she “nailed it,” and Jimmy Kimmel and Kathy Griffin have also offered words of support. Wolf has also, of course, ably “defended” herself, as much as a comedian who did comedy things needs to be defended.