Mindy Kaling, Kerry Washington, Ana Navarro and Tony Goldwyn will serve as hosts for the Democratic National Convention this week, convention officials confirmed.
Each celebrity will host one night of the four-day convention in Chicago and will help guide audiences in the event hall and on television through the programming, officials told The Hill on Sunday.
Goldwyn is on tap for Monday night, Navarro on Tuesday, Kaling on Wednesday and Washington on Thursday.
CNN was first to report the entertainment host selections.
Each figure was picked for their past support of the Democratic Party and its candidates, organizers said….
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In 2019, Kaling appeared on Harris’s YouTube channel where the two cooked masala dosa and discussed their Indian heritage.
Navarro, a Republican strategist and co-host of ABC’s “The View,” has increasingly supported the Democratic Party in recent years, especially since former President Trump’s entrance into politics, Deadline reported.
She shared the news of her upcoming appearance at the DNC in an Instagram video Sunday night.
“I can’t tell you how much it means to me,” Navarro said in the video. “I’m a little refugee girl who fled communism, who fled Nicaragua at the age of eight, found freedom, found opportunity, found a home in America, and for me to have the chance to stand on that stage and help my girl, Kamala, make history and become the Democratic nominee, it’s just such a mind-blowing moment.”….