A Washington, D.C. reporter announced on Twitter Wednesday that he was punched in the face by a comedian.
Josh Rogin, a senior correspondent for Newsweek Daily Beast, first took to Twitter to pan the perforrmance by Dan Nainan, the headliner at DC Improv’s Funniest Celebrity In Washington DC Contest.
Dan Nainan was funny until he dusted off his 2005 Katrina jokes in a gratingly bad GWB impression. #DCImprov
— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) September 26, 2013
Dan Nainan makes his umpteenth joke about how Asians cant distinguish between letters “L” and “R”. Election, erection, we get it. #DCImprov
— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) September 26, 2013
Minutes later, Rogin tweeted the following:
Dan Nainan just punched me in the face. Not a joke.
— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) September 26, 2013
We are calling the police on Dan Nainan who just punched me twice in front of several witnesses. #dcimprov
— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) September 26, 2013
DC police arrested Dan Nainan for assaulting me.
— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) September 26, 2013
Rogin recounted the incident in an interview with US News & World Report’s Washington Whispers.
“Dan Nainan comes over to me and says, ‘Are you Josh Rogin,’ and I said yes and then he punched me in the jaw, then he pushed me, then he walked away and about 10 seconds later he came over and punched me again,” Rogin said.
Police confirmed to The Washington Post that they made an arrest at the scene for simple assault, but did not divulge the name of the suspect.
This post has been updated.
