Louis C.K. Withdraws as Host of Radio and Television Correspondents' Dinner March 9, 2012, 5:39 pm The comedian Louis C.K. has withdrawn from his role as the host of a dinner for the Radio and Television Correspondents" Association in Washington, a press representative for the comedian said on Friday. No further explanation for Louis C.K."s cancellation was given by his press agent, but the announcement comes one day after the conservative Fox News commentator Greta Van Susteren called for a boycott of the event. On her blog on Thursday, Ms. Van Susteren criticized the comedian for jokes that he had made about Sarah Palin, saying "he denigrates all women and looks to the crowd for laughs." Ms. Van Susteren wrote on her blog: "Another pig.... and a media association has hired the pig, Louis C.K., to be their headliner for the big media dinner? I am not going. I refuse to go. Everyone in the media should join me in this boycott. She added: "The headliner of this year's Radio and Television Correspondents Dinner is "comedian" Louis C.K. Comedian? Pig? The blog post went on to cite R-rated comments that Louis C.K. had made about Mrs. Palin, many of them appearing to come from posts made in September 2010 on his Twitter feed. Louis C.K., a stand-up comedian and the star and creator of the FX television series "Louie," was announced as host of the June 8 correspondents" dinner - which is not the same as the White House Correspondents" Dinner - in December. Last year, neither President Obama nor Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. attended the radio and television correspondents" dinner. Mr. Biden attended in 2010. Louis C.K. seemed to be something of an unknown quantity to many in the political arena. In a post on The Corner blog of The National Review, Kathryn Jean Lopez wrote of Louis C.K. on Friday morning: "I confess I had to look up who exactly he is. And then had to read some of the awful things he's said about Sarah Palin. The kinds of things you just don't say about a mother. Or her son. But apparently his is the "edge" the dinner is looking for."