At the start of Saturday night’s show,Alec Baldwin, who reprised his role as Trump, made numerous phone calls regarding the recent whistleblower scandal and hispotential impeachment.
After speaking to Rudy Giuliani (Kate McKinnon), William Barr (Aidy Bryant), Mike Pence (Beck Bennett), Donald Trump Jr. (Mikey Day),Eric Trump(Alex Moffat), and Kim Jong-Un (Bowen Yang), he spoke with actor Liev Schreiber, who appeared as himself though Trump presumed he was speaking with his Showtime character Ray Donovan.
“Kanye, how ya been my man?” Baldwin’s Trump joked as he picked up the phone, to which Redd’s West responded, “A lot better bro, actually. You remember those pills I was supposed to take? It turns out I was supposed to take them every day, can you believe that?”
“That’s good, that’s good,” Baldwin said in his impression of Trump. Redd then nailed his West impersonation when he responded on the phone, “But actually that’s the reason I’m calling you. I don’t think we can be fam no more, fam.”
“What, why not?” he asked, and received an answer from Don King (Kenan Thompson), who took the phone out of “West’s” hand and said to the president “Only in America.”
“Don King! Oh, don’t tell me you dudes are partying without me. Is Rodman there and Tyson too?” Baldwin’s Trump asked, referencingDennis RodmanandMike Tyson.
Thompson’s King then joked, “Yeah, we were just having an emergency meeting of the black whack-a-doodles. And we all decided that this whole impeachment thing is hurting our brand.”
“Oh don’t bail on me now. I need my urbans,” Baldwin’s Trump said. “Kanye, just tell me who you want out of jail this time. ASAP Rocky again, or how about that little girl Teriyaki 69?”
NBC
The NBC comedy series also opted not to mention thefiringof recent hire Shane Gillis. The stand-up comedian was announced as a new featured player along with Fineman and Yang for the new season earlier this month, but was fired just four days later for resurfacedderogatory statementsthat he made on a podcast last year.
The premiere also featured a musical performance fromBillie Eilish. The show has confirmedTaylor Swiftas next week’s performer withFleabag‘s Phoebe Waller-Bridge as the host.
Saturday Night Liveairs Saturdays at 11:30 p.m. ET on NBC.
source: people.com
