Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump will host NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” on november 7, months after the network dropped the billionaire businessman for remarks he made about Mexican immigrants.
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It’s worth noting that Trump was a surprisingly good host on his last SNL appearance in 2004.
Trump and NBC severed ties over the summer after he entered the Republican presidential race. Trump appearing on the live sketch comedy show officially ends the feud between the network and him.
Trump will become the second presidential candidate of the 2016 cycle to appear on the show. The show’s musical guest that night will be Sia. NBC/Dana Edelson/NBC In current incarnations of the show, Trump is played by Taran Killam (left with Cecily Strong as Melania Trump). “I can’t win”, he said to the camera in 2004, when an aside during the monologue didn’t quite land.
Prepare for even more of Donald Trump’s mug on your TV screen.
“NBC and Comcast didn’t want to be associated with Donald Trump”, Smith said on “Shepard Smith Reporting” Tuesday.
“Saturday Night Live” star Darrell Hammond then joined him onstage, dressed as Trump, where he mimicked his famous “You’re fired” phrase.
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Trump’s political opponent, Democrat Hillary Clinton, played a chatty bartender in a separate sketch during the show’s season premiere.
