Saturday Evening Dwell is usually political, and this weekend’s “cold open” upped the ante with a shock cameo from the precise Nikki Haley, enjoying herself, as she grilled James Austin Johnson’s Donald Trump throughout a CNN City Corridor.
The sketch itself started as a number of others centered on Johnson’s Trump impression, and was largely a showcase for his spectacular impersonation.
Nonetheless, the shocking spotlight got here when the city corridor moderators took questions from the viewers and a type of within the viewers was Haley herself, who used her time within the highlight to poke enjoyable at Trump — and try and make herself look good.
After Johnson’s Trump mistook Haley for Nancy Pelosi, Haley quipped, “Are you doing OK, Donald? You might need a mental competency test.”
“I took the test and I aced it. Perfect score,” Johnson’s Trump shot again. “They said I’m 100 percent mental.”
Earlier than the sketch closed, SNL host Ayo Edebiri was referred to as on to ask a query for Haley herself.
“I was just curious, what would you say was the main cause of the civil war? And do you think it starts with an ‘S’ and ends with a ‘Lavery?'”
“Yep. I probably should have said that the first time,” Haley replied, making an attempt to snort off the critique. The second was in reference to a city corridor debate in December when Haley was requested concerning the causes for the Civil Conflict, and she or he failed to say slavery in her reply, producing a substantial amount of criticism and backlash.
It appears that evidently SNL is dealing with some backlash for having Haley on the present within the first place, as many on each ends of the political spectrum took to Twitter to slam the cameo.
Saturday Evening Dwell airs dwell, coast-to-coast at 11:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT on NBC, and streams dwell on Peacock.
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