Donald Trump Wonders How Long ‘SNL’ Will Stay on Air (Video)
Well, “Saturday Night Live,” you made it this far. Might be time to pack up Studio 8H, however, according to Donald Trump.
“Frankly, the way the show is going now — and you look at the kind of work they’re doing — who knows how long that show is gonna be on?” the president-elect told Matt Lauer Wednesday morning on the “Today” show. “It’s a terrible show.”
Watch the interview here:
WATCH: “I like Alec, but his imitation of me is really mean-spirited and not very good." @realdonaldtrump on #SNL https://t.co/NEslxLZJuS
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) December 7, 2016
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But if the NBC sketch comedy staple is so bad, why did our soon-to-be Commander-in-Chief host it not too long ago?
“Well, I hosted ‘SNL’ when it was a good show, but it’s not a good show anymore,” Trump offered, without even having to be asked. “First of all, nothing to do with me — there’s nothing funny about it. The skits are terrible.”
“I mean, Alec [Baldwin], I like Alec, but his imitation of me is really mean-spirited and not very good. I don’t think it’s good,” he continued. “And I do like him, and I like him as an actor, but I don’t think that his imitation of me gets me at all. And it’s meant to be very mean-spirited, which is very biased. And I don’t like it. So I can tweet that out.”
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Lauer did ask Trump if the POTUS-to-be has found it hard to be more restrained on Twitter, something the president-elect promised in a post-election interview.
“I think I am very restrained, and I talk about important things,” Trump replied. “It’s a modern-day form of communication. Between Facebook and Twitter, I guess I have more than 40 million people.”
“I get it out much faster than a press release,” he added. “I get it out much more honestly than dealing with dishonest reporters.”
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