2026年3月26日 / 美国东部时间上午10:47 / CBS新闻
华盛顿— 美国有线电视新闻网主持人、喜剧演员兼讽刺作家比尔·马赫（Bill Maher）将于今年获得第27届马克·吐温美国幽默奖，肯尼迪中心周四宣布。此前几天，白宫曾称有关马赫将获此奖项的报道是”假新闻”。
美国国家表演艺术中心（肯尼迪中心）董事会成员中不乏总统的盟友。该中心表示，马赫将于6月28日领奖，而肯尼迪中心将于此后不久关闭场馆进行约两年的翻新。马赫曾批评特朗普总统，但在2025年3月也与特朗普在白宫共进私人晚餐。他表示，”能获得以一位被从这么多学校图书馆下架的作家命名的奖项，我深感荣幸——就像马克·吐温一样。”特朗普总统对马赫同样持批评态度，上月在社交媒体上发文称”让这个混蛋来白宫完全是浪费时间”。
“近三十年来，马克·吐温奖一直表彰喜剧界的杰出人才，”肯尼迪中心公关部副总裁罗玛·达拉维（Roma Daravi）表示，”而比尔则通过一个个不合时宜的笑话，长期影响着美国的舆论走向。”
当《大西洋月刊》首次报道马赫将获此奖项时，白宫新闻秘书卡罗琳·利维特（Karoline Leavitt）对多家新闻媒体表示：”这是假新闻。比尔·马赫不会获得这个奖项。”白宫通讯主任也于3月20日在社交平台X上发文称该报道”完全是假新闻”。
肯尼迪中心表示，马克·吐温奖旨在表彰那些像塞缪尔·克莱门斯（即马克·吐温）一样对美国产生深远影响的人物。该奖项自1998年首次颁发以来，已成为美国喜剧界的重要荣誉。
Kennedy Center announces Bill Maher will receive Mark Twain Prize after White House called that “fake news”
March 26, 2026 / 10:47 AM EDT / CBS News
Washington— Television host, comedian and satirist Bill Maher will receive the 27th Mark Tain Prize for American Humor this year, the Kennedy Center announced Thursday, days after the White House called reports that Maher would receive the prize “fake news.”
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, whose board is filled with the president’s allies, said Maher will receive the prize on June 28, shortly before the venue shuts down for roughly two years for renovations. Maher, who has been critical of President Trump but also had a private dinner at the White House in March 2025, said it is “humbling to get anything named for a man who’s been thrown out of as many school libraries as Mark Twain.” Mr. Trump has been critical of Maher as well, and posted on social media last month that “it was a total waste of time for me to have this jerk at the White House.”
“For nearly three decades, the Mark Twain Prize has celebrated some of the greatest minds in comedy,” said Roma Daravi, the Kennedy Center’s vice president of public relations. “For even longer, Bill has been influencing American discourse — one politically incorrect joke at a time.”
When the Atlantic first reported Maher would receive the prize, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told multiple news outlets, “This is fake news. Bill Maher will NOT be getting this award.” And White House communications director posted on X March 20 that the story was “literally FAKE NEWS.”
The Mark Twain prize is meant for peopled who have had an impact on America in ways like Samuel Clements, a.k.a., Mark Twain, the Kennedy Center says. The prize was first granted in 1998.
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