So, what's Jean-Pierre up to now? According to an exclusive interview with Variety, the disgraced former press secretary is "stepping into a new kind of spotlight" next month in Los Angeles, where she will host the 17th annual African American Film Critics Awards. "I don't want it to be about me," Jean-Pierre told the Hollywood gossip rag. "One of the things I learned in the press comms world is don't make yourself the news."
Jean-Pierre said hosting a racially segregated award show was an especially important role given the country's turbulent political climate. "We need an opportunity and a space to celebrate ourselves," she said. "There is real value in telling our journeys so that generations to come can see how brilliant we are." (Fact check: Alex Thompson of Axios reported that many Biden staffers disliked Jean-Pierre because she was "kinda dumb" and had "no interest in understanding harder topics.")
Shunned by the Democratic Party and (to the extent there is a difference) the mainstream media, Jean-Pierre is gearing up to take her talents (such as they are) to Hollywood. She recently acquired the rights to the life stories of Alice Dunnigan and Ethel Payne—the first black female journalists to serve in the White House press corps—and is eager to "help bring their stories to life" on the big screen. Maybe her former boss, Netflix producer Barack Obama, is looking for a tax write-off?
Probably just what Hollywood is looking for!
