What we didn't see at the White House Correspondents' Dinner If I was talking about a man you would've been like, "She's talking about his abilities," but because I was talking about a woman you're like, "She's talking about her looks." Because I think if it was a man you wouldn't have jumped to those conclusions. I was talking about her personality and I think it says a lot about our society that you would immediately think I was talking about her looks rather than her personality. On comparing Sanders to Aunt Lydia on The Handmaid's Tale TV series because she's the "mouthpiece" for the administration I made fun of Mitch McConnell's neck and I did a small jab at Chris Christie's weight and no one is jumping to their defense. If there two people that I actually made fun of their looks on Saturday it was Mitch McConnell and Chris Christie and no one is jumping to their defense. I think if you listen to the joke you'll understand that it's about the fact that she lies and if it's taken another way I think you should go back and listen to it again. I think it's clear that the joke wasn't about Sarah's looks, but I don't think - to me it's so obvious that I don't even really need to defend it. I think people have a lot of preconceived notions about Sarah's looks and I think a lot of what's happening is they're projecting onto this joke. On her joke that White House press secretary Sarah Sanders' "smoky" eye shadow comes from burning "facts" But no, I don't think a man could've gotten away with saying that. I think in general when I talk about women, like in my special when I talked about Hillary, I called Hillary a b****, which you later find out is a compliment. But you know, because I'm a woman, I can say things about women, because I know what it's like to be a woman, if that makes any sense. On having more liberty to make fun of women because she's a womanĪs a woman, I have access to hit women in a way that men might not be able to hit them with jokes. I think they still have preconceived notions of how women will present themselves and I don't fit in that box. And I don't think they expected that from me. I think sometimes they look at a woman and they think "Oh, she'll be nice," and if you've seen any of my comedy you know that I don't - I'm not.
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