Comedian's Surprising Advice for White House Correspondents' Dinner Host: It's an Election Year, So Don't 'Kill the President'

It's no secret President Barack Obama has a slew of entertainment industry admirers, but comedian Cedric the Entertainer's answer during a CNN interview Friday offered a telling insight into just how far the devotion of some in the business might go.

Asked whether he had any advice for colleague Jimmy Kimmel as he prepares for his White House Correspondents' Dinner hosting gig this weekend, the comedian responded that since it's "an election year" you want to be sure not to "kill the president."

"The main thing is to prepared, it's really kinda getting an idea of who else is going to be in the room....For this situation you're in, you know, approaching an election year so you don't want to really kinda kill the president, you want to have a lot of fun up there and of course, Barack Obama, he's kinda cool so it's really hard to do like a lot of jokes on him," he said.

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(h/t Townhall)