Alec Baldwin: NBC Execs Killed Any ‘SNL’ Attempt “To Tell People Who To Vote For”
Alec Baldwin this morning said on Twitter that NBC execs “kill” any thoughts Saturday Night Live might have had about endorsing Hillary Clinton during the election cycle. The comment by the actor came in response to a Twitter tirade by Time TV critic Daniel D’Addario against the show, following Saturday’s post-election edition. Baldwin got rave reviews portraying GOP candidate-turned-president-elect Donald Trump on the show’s later episodes, in the walk up to Election Day. He was, however, not featured in that broadcast’s somber cold open, in which “Hillary Clinton” (aka Kate McKinnon) performed Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” then telling SNL viewers, in character, “I’m not giving up, and neither should you,” triggering D’Addario’s outrage:
How naive you are, @DPD_
SNL tell people who to vote for?
Don't think that doesn't cross their mind.
But NBC execs kill that— ABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) November 14, 2016
Here is D’Addario’s tweet storm:
compare/contrast: the mawkish anti-Trump cold open of SNL with the Weekend Update joke in which Che says both candidates were SO unlikeable
— Daniel D'Addario (@DPD_) November 13, 2016
the first was the show putting on a look it knew its viewers would want, the second was a snap back to access-preserving false equivalency
— Daniel D'Addario (@DPD_) November 13, 2016
Saturday Night Live was… something https://t.co/hOJntMvtKl
— Daniel D'Addario (@DPD_) November 13, 2016
Thinking again about SNL's weirdly nasty joke (delivered by "RBG," which is a whole other story) about Colin Kaepernick choosing not to vote
— Daniel D'Addario (@DPD_) November 13, 2016
This show chose at every turn to display about as little courage or decisiveness as possible, beginning with having Trump host last Nov.
— Daniel D'Addario (@DPD_) November 13, 2016
After Baldwin responded, D’Addario took to Twitter again, to shoot back:
Oh my god. pic.twitter.com/aMVIa2LCjX
— Daniel D'Addario (@DPD_) November 14, 2016
…adding “I can’t even respond, because Alec Baldwin has had me blocked for years!”
NBC declined to comment.
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