--- title: Wolf Blitzer Moderates Awkward Thanksgiving Conversations description: Ellen DeGeneres put the CNN anchor in the middle of family political squabbles canonical: https://time.com/4581482/wolf-blitzer-thanksgiving-dinner-conversation/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-23T15:58:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:38:55.902Z og:title: Let Wolf Blitzer Moderate Your Awkward Family Thanksgiving Conversations og:description: Ellen DeGeneres put the CNN anchor in the middle of family political squabbles og:url: https://time.com/4581482/wolf-blitzer-thanksgiving-dinner-conversation/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Let Wolf Blitzer Moderate Your Awkward Family Thanksgiving Conversations twitter:description: Ellen DeGeneres put the CNN anchor in the middle of family political squabbles twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Let Wolf Blitzer Moderate Your Awkward Family Thanksgiving Conversations by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Nov 23, 2016 3:58 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Nov 23, 2016 3:58 PM UTC [Ellen DeGeneres](http://time.com/4373508/ellen-degeneres-finding-dory-movie/?iid=sr-link3) just won the Presidential Medal of Freedom, but she after her latest sketch on _The Ellen DeGeneres Show,_ she may be in the running for another award, too—the Nobel Peace Prize. On Tuesday, the talk show host shared her brilliant idea to ask professional moderators like Anderson Cooper, [Megyn Kelly](http://motto.time.com/4203136/megyn-kelly-deal-with-haters/?iid=sr-link3) and Wolf Blitzer to moderate families’ conversations around the Thanksgiving dinner table. DeGeneres dubbed the service the “Mobile [Moderator](http://time.com/4477608/presidential-debate-moderators-2016/?iid=sr-link1)” and it comes with the promise to keep any political tensions at bay during these post-election holidays. In the demonstration, CNN anchor Blitzer sits in with a family of Trump and [Clinton](http://time.com/4531129/hillary-clinton-ellen-degeneres-donald-trump-debate/?iid=sr-link4) supporters arguing about election fallout. “Let’s just get back to the original question,” chides Blitzer. “Can anyone pass the salt?” It’s a genius way to bring civility back to the dinner table. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4581482/wolf-blitzer-thanksgiving-dinner-conversation/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4581482/wolf-blitzer-thanksgiving-dinner-conversation/"},"headline":"Let Wolf Blitzer Moderate Your Awkward Family Thanksgiving Conversations","datePublished":"2016-11-23T15:58:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:38:55.902Z","description":"Ellen DeGeneres put the CNN anchor in the middle of family political squabbles","url":"https://time.com/4581482/wolf-blitzer-thanksgiving-dinner-conversation/","keywords":["Newsfeed","CNN","Television","Holidays","Ellen Degeneres","ellen","Thanksgiving"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4581482/wolf-blitzer-thanksgiving-dinner-conversation/","name":"Let Wolf Blitzer Moderate Your Awkward Family Thanksgiving Conversations"}}]}] ```