President Obama turned comedian on Saturday night as he poked fun at the media, and his own administration during the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner.
The annual event brings together politicians, journalists and celebrities, with the President leading the laughs with a speech which was mostly devoted to the failures of his health care reform website HealthCare.gov.
"Of course, we rolled out HealthCare.gov," Obama said of his tough year in 2013. "That could have gone better."
"In 2008, my slogan was 'Yes we can.' In 2013, my slogan was control-alt-delete," Obama quipped. A poster for Walt Disney's smash hit movie "Frozen" then flashed up on the screens in the ballroom, to which the president joked that the launch of the online enrollment portal of Obamacare had been turned into one of the year's biggest films.
Lupita Nyong'o was one of the celebrity guests at the White House dinner (Splash News)
Comedian and actor Joel McHale, also spoke on the night, providing the entertainment after the President's speech. McHale mostly had the celebrity audience laughing but one particular joke failed to set the room alight. The comedian, who hosts "The Soup" on the E! Entertainment channel, told the White House crowd:
"E! is also home to the Kardashians, who believe it or not, are Republicans. And I know that because they're always trying to screw black people." According to those at the event the joke fell flat with most of those in the audience.
Jessica Simpson and her fiance Eric Johnson coordinated for the prestigious event in DC (Splash News)
Of the 2,600 guests, House of Cards, Scandal and Veep stars mixed with their real-life Washington counterparts with Robin Wright and Bellamy Young applauding Michelle Obama as she awarded scholarships to aspiring journalists at the event.
Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o, Jessica Simpson, Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard were also dressed to impress for the glitzy dinner.
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