But on Tuesday’s show, Benanti fulfilled that months-old prophecy by nailing an impersonation of Mrs. Trump. Asked if she would be open to the idea, the talented actress gushed, “Yes, please!”
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Has anyone unexpected reached out? I don’t think it’s fair to compare the two. So that has been my favorite thing. There are only a handful of people telling me what a frightful person I am.
The demotion rumors are no joke to comedian Stephen Colbert. Was this something that you were ready to do? Benanti says that the call came in Tuesday morning. And now she’s back with a totally un-plagiarized commentary on the speech that was definitely not plagiarized by a staffer whose existence is under some question. His taking the stage at the Quicken Loans Arena (granted, before the convention had actually begun) brought this bit to its highest level of sheer brio yet.
On Comedy Central’s “The Nightly Show”, Larry Wilmore went with the popular serial plagiarism angle.
And I tried to accurately depict her accent to the best of my ability – I didn’t want it to seem like I’m mocking someone with broken English or an accent. After first saying that “no one has lost their jobs (over the incident)”.
Did the show manage to find the exact dress Melania wore to the RNC? She’s my hero. Tina Fey-not Sarah Palin!
Do you think Melania owes Michelle Obama an apology? “If there’s something informative, if there’s some criticism that would be helpful, I’m happy to listen to it. But you know, you are the show, and so you can’t not take it personally”. He ticked off what would happen during the convention’s Nights One through Four, when Trump accepts the nomination.
The incident caused an uproar on social media, and the hashtag #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes was created.
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“Yes, I wrote it”, Benanti answered. “I learned honesty during my humble upbringing in West Philadelphia – born and raised”. Certainly the Fresh Prince quote was pretty great. That made me laugh-I nearly broke during that one! Melania was calling something a black woman did first her own, Noah said, “or, as Iggy Azalea calls it, her new hit”. Like when Whitney Houston recorded “I Will Always Love You”- or the Beatles did “Twist and Shout”.
