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The real dinner bucked with tradition, opting for a mentalist over a comedian — not that Oz Pearlman got very far into his act before the secret service foiled an attempt on the President’s life — so Kimmel picked up the skewering duties.
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Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2026
It's typically headlined by a comedian, though mentalist Oz Pearlman served as the headlining entertainer this year.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
The evening’s entertainer, mentalist Oz Pearlman, hovers over them, trying to guess the name Leavitt has chosen for her unborn child.
—Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 28 Apr. 2026
There was no comedian present (there was, however, a mentalist) for this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, but that didn’t stop Jimmy Kimmel from presenting his alternative version of what his WHCD monologue might look like on his Thursday, April 23, show.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2026
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Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2026
It's typically headlined by a comedian, though mentalist Oz Pearlman served as the headlining entertainer this year.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
The evening’s entertainer, mentalist Oz Pearlman, hovers over them, trying to guess the name Leavitt has chosen for her unborn child.
—Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 28 Apr. 2026
There was no comedian present (there was, however, a mentalist) for this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, but that didn’t stop Jimmy Kimmel from presenting his alternative version of what his WHCD monologue might look like on his Thursday, April 23, show.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2026
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“Mentalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mentalist. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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mentalist
noun
men·tal·ist
ˈment-ᵊl-əst 
: an adherent or advocate of a mentalistic school of psychology or psychiatry
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