Allison Janney reprised her role as White House Press Secretary C.J. Cregg this afternoon surprising the real White House press corps.
“The president is still working on his jokes for the White House Correspondents Dinner,” said Janney as Cregg. “I don’t have any details on that other than he intends to be funny. Very funny.” Janney is in Washington for tomorrow’s dinner and to raise awareness for, and funding to battle, opiate abuse.
CBS’s Mark Knoller, of course, managed to get in the first, and only question, to Cregg. WATCH:
C.J. Cregg surprised the real life White House press corps today https://t.co/SkXUbhrhRJhttps://t.co/BJ2Gqoz9WK
— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) April 29, 2016
This was the surprise "fun" @PressSec was talking about. Invited C.J. Cregg to begin his press briefing today. pic.twitter.com/hIxCnzVtCY
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) April 29, 2016