“There’s no such thing as bad publicity” is a public-relations adage that proved true again last week, as the furor over Donald Trump’s appearance as guest host of “Saturday Night Live” helped the show to its highest ratings since January 2012.
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“This is going to be something special”, said Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump as he opened this week’s edition of Saturday Night Live. After being joined by fellow Trump impersonators Taran Killam and Darrell Hammond on stage, a crowd member yelled out, “Trump’s a racist!” The joke alluded to Deport Racism’s tweet saying they will give $5,000 to whoever will disrupt the show to tell Trump that he is a racist. “As a businessman, I can respect that”, Trump responded.
According to a Sunday report from Rolling Stone, DeportRacism.com’s Luke Montgomery said David will be paid for the stunt, and will receive a “Deport Racism” t-shirt in the bargain. So when he got the call from the network to do an SNL show, Trump agreed.
The most acclaimed parts of the programme have actually been the parts where Trump was made fun of. The system reported a month ago that Mr Trump would come back to the wireless transmissions for an erratic appearance on SNL.
Next week Elizabeth Banks will host SNL with musical guest Disclosure.
The Saturday TV platform granted Mr Trump fanned the flames of outrage sparked in June when he announced his Republican candidacy for president and described a few Mexicans who are in the United States illegally as criminals and rapists.
That stance saw Latino community leaders hold a rally Friday in Los Angeles calling on NBCUniversal to drop Trump from “Saturday Night Live”. Trump joked he was too exhausted to rehearse for one skit, and would instead live-tweet.
What did you think about Donald Trump’s performance as host of SNL? Trump said that as history shows us, nothing brings two countries together like a wall. SNL has launched the careers of numerous actors, including Chevy Chase, Tina Fey, Eddie Murphy, Bill Murray and the late John Belushi.
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Hundreds of protesters gathered outside Trump Tower in New York marching against Trump’s controversial comments about Latinos along the campaign trail.
