Kaitlan Collins says she wasn't surprised President Trump insulted her during his speech at the White House Correspondents' Dinner last Friday.
The CNN host told Jon Stewart on Monday's episode of The Daily Show that Trump "pretty regularly" attacks her inside the Oval Office, so the public jab was nothing new.
The only difference, she noted, was the larger venue.
Collins believes Trump was upset that she won an award for her tough reporting on him.
During his WHCD speech, Trump compared her to trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney and called her "CNN fake news."
Collins won the White House Correspondents' Award for Excellence in Presidential News Coverage Under Deadline Pressure for her reports on Trump's 2025 Oval Office meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
After the dinner, Collins fired back on Instagram, saying Trump attacked her because of the uncomfortable questions she asks.
She echoed that on The Daily Show, saying Trump was bothered by her winning the award and the "non-answers that we get."
