Larry Wilmore had a mic-drop moment of his own when he said the N-word to President Obama the White House Correspondents' Dinner Saturday night. The host of Comedy Central's The Nightly Show has received mixed reviews for his closing cry - "Yo Barry, you did it my n---a" - with Rev. Al Sharpton calling Wilmore's use of the word "at best in poor taste" and Saturday Night Live's Sasheer Zamata tweeting, "This is the blackest correspondents dinner ever and I Love it." Two days later, the Twitterverse is still buzzing about the jaw-dropping moment. Here's how some on social...
- 5/2/2016
- by Tierney McAfee, @tierneymcafee
- PEOPLE.com
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