‘I’m very happy to report that America is now number one in the world with the coronavirus’: Alec Baldwin’s Trump calls into remote edition of SNL
- Alec Baldwin returned to Saturday Night Live to portray Donald Trump
- ‘America is now number one in the world for coronavirus,’ Baldwin said in character to Weekend Update hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che
- He noted that ‘every night at 7pm all of New York claps and cheers for the great job I’m doing,’ a reference to the nightly tribute to medical workers
- Baldwin had to call in to the segment without video since he didn’t have access to a hair and makeup team
- Learn more about how to help people impacted by COVID
Alec Baldwin made a surprise appearance as Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live’s at home edition to give an update on coronavirus, referring to the pandemic as ‘Covfefe-19’.
‘America is now number one in the world for coronavirus,’ Baldwin said in character to Weekend Update hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che.
The faux president noted that ‘every night at 7pm all of New York claps and cheers for the great job I’m doing,’ a reference to the nightly tribute to medical workers.
Baldwin had to call in to the segment without video since he didn’t have access to his usual hair and makeup team to transform him into Trump.
This was the first episode of SNL to air in five weeks after an episode scheduled for March 28, featuring first-time host John Krasinski and musical guest Dua Lipa, was scrapped due to the coronavirus lockdown in New York City.
Alec Baldwin made a surprise appearance as Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live’s at home episode to give an update on coronavirus , referring to the pandemic as ‘Covfefe-19’
Hanks, 63, kicked off the landmark episode and used his SNL opening dialogue to joke about how his battle with coronavirus made him feel more like ‘America’s Dad’ than ever, mainly because nobody wanted to be around him.
The rest of the cast filmed sketches from their homes, including Pete Davidson making a Drake-inspired music video from his mom’s basement, Kate McKinnon as Supreme Court Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a home workout routine, and Chloe Fineman as an array of celebrities, including Tiger King’s Carole Baskin, in a parody of Masterclass advertisements.
And like most Americans working from home, the SNL cast were seen preparing for the week’s episode on a Zoom call, with McKinnon declaring: ‘Live from Zoom, it’s sometime between March and August!’