Tom Brokaw: Lindsay Lohan Ruined the White House Correspondents' Dinner

Veteran news journalist slams troubled actress's political appearance

By Lily Harrison Apr 26, 2013 8:43 PMTags
Tom Brokaw, Lindsay LohanKris Connor/Getty Images, Jason Merritt/GettyImages

Tom Brokaw isn't mincing words.

The NBC news anchor criticized the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner last year after he saw that the guest list included Lindsay Lohan.

"The breaking point for me was Lindsay Lohan," he said in an interview with Politico. "She became a big star at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Give me a break."

Yikes!

Lohan attended last year's dinner as a guest of Fox News's Greta Van Susteren and made major headlines around Washington D.C.

Brokaw chose to opt out of the 2012 dinner last May and cited Lohan as only one of the few reasons he stayed home.

The veteran journalist also said that the event "separates the press from the people that they're supposed to serve, symbolically."

We wonder who Brokaw will disapprove of from the guest list this year!

To see all the White House Correspondents' Dinner arrivals, watch E! Online's red carpet livestream, this Saturday at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT.

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