Kaitlan Collins to Appear on The Daily Show After Trump's 80-Minute WHCD Tirade
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Updated · The Daily Beast · Jul 27
Kaitlan Collins to Appear on The Daily Show After Trump's 80-Minute WHCD Tirade
3 articles · Updated · The Daily Beast · Jul 27
Summary
Monday night’s episode of The Daily Show will feature CNN’s Kaitlan Collins as the main guest, putting her in the spotlight days after President Donald Trump targeted her at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
Friday’s clash followed Collins, 34, winning an award for presidential coverage under deadline pressure, tied to her reporting on Volodymyr Zelensky’s 2025 Oval Office visit.
Trump, 80, used his WHCD remarks to call the award “fake,” told Collins to “smile,” and later posted an AI-generated image placing her face on Dylan Mulvaney’s body amid Bud Light cans.
Collins has said Trump often turns to personal insults when he dislikes her questions, recalling he again told her to smile during a February Oval Office exchange about Jeffrey Epstein’s victims.
Her Instagram response framed the episode as a press-freedom issue, saying the best part of the dinner was reminding people why the First Amendment and uncomfortable questions still matter.