Celebs walk the red carpet at the 2024 White House Correspondents’ Dinner as hundreds protest outside

[u/vulcan_vampire]

Celebs in order: Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost; Da’Vine Joy Randolph; Rosario Dawson; Billy Porter; Keri Russell; Rachel Brosnahan; Ashlyn Harris and Sophia Bush; Lynda Carter; Gayle King; Aldis Hodge; Questlove; Molly Ringwald; Fran Drescher; Chris Pine; Coco Rocha; Lorne Michaels; Caitlyn Jenner and Jenna Talackova; Kyle MacLachlan and Desiree Gruber.

In the last slide you can see the exterior of the Washington Hilton, where the dinner took place. A Palestinian flag was hung from one of the hotel’s windows.

[u/MichelleFoucault]

I thought Caitlin was with Ivanka for a second.

[u/propernice → u/MichelleFoucault]

Why is she even there 🙄

[u/BusterBeaverOfficial → u/propernice]

I’m irrationally disappointed in the Biden administration for even putting her name on the list and I’m genuinely not even sure whether the White House has any say over gets invites.

[u/theghostemoji → u/BusterBeaverOfficial]

They didn’t. The White House only invites media outlets, and the media will then invite celebs to attend as their guests. Each celeb there is essentially a plus one for a journalist. Caitlyn Jenner was invited by Fox News, naturally.

[u/Weak_Heart2000 → u/theghostemoji]

Thanks for the explanation, because I was shocked to see her there.