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Colin Jost to Roast Politicians to Their Faces as 2024 White House Correspondents Dinner Host

Colin Jost will go from roasting politicians from his Weekend Update desk to doing it to their faces as the 2024 White House Correspondents Dinner host.

Weekend Anchor co-anchor ends The Daily Show's run as emcee of the gala, becoming first SNL cast member to host since 2016 Since then, the gala has recruited a long string of The Daily Show vets to emcee: Larry Wilmore, Hasan Minhaj, Michelle Wolf, Trevor Noah, and in 2023, Roy Wood Jr. “His sharp insights perfectly meet this remarkable time of divided politics, and a presidential campaign careening toward a rematch.

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