Comedians say nothing will be off-limits during the upcoming “District of Comedy Roast for James Carville.”
On Monday, comedians Bob Saget and Jeff Ross told The Washington Post that roasting Carville will be easy, referencing his looks and his wife Mary Matalin.
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“Oh my God,” Ross said. “It’s too easy. He’s the weirdest-looking man in Washington. They always say stuff about show business and Hollywood and D.C. being similar.”
“They say it’s Hollywood for ugly people,” he added. “I think James is the perfect example of that. I shouldn’t be too mean. He won’t show up. I’ve never roasted an alien before.” (VIDEO: ‘This Is Never Going To End!’ Carville Invokes Benghazi, Whitewater To Defend Hillary)
“Nothing’s off limits,” he continued. “Oftentimes, common decency tries to trickle its way into these roasts, but I always try to ignore it.”
“I won’t talk about his personal life,” Saget said. “That’s unfair to do because I’ve had sex with his wife. Mary is her name. I do not know his daughters. One of his daughters could be mine.”
Carville joked that the Kennedy Center should be the one that’s worried.
“If they establish a low, we’ll go there,” he said. “I’m not very worried about it. If I was the Kennedy Center, I’d be worried.”
Other comedians and political speakers set to take the stage include Triumph the Insult the comic dog, Jim Norton, D.L. Hughley, S.E. Cupp, Paul Begala and Rev. Al Sharpton.
Carville was a lead strategist for Bill Clinton when he ran for president in 1992. He has also spent the last 20 years defending the Clintons following numerous scandals, including Benghazi and the president’s affair with Monica Lewinsky.