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Whitney Cummings' joke about Trump's 'sex traffic' was cut from the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize ceremony honoring Bill Maher. The incident highlights the curation process for comedy performances at major awards shows.
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When the Kennedy Center honored Bill Maher with its Mark Twain Prize at a ceremony last month, there were a number of jokes at the expense of the center’s chairman, Donald Trump, who was not present. One quip, though, did not make it into the stream of the ceremony that debuted on Tuesday: A j
2026-07-21 14:06 UTC