Alec Baldwin, who played the character of Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live prior to the election, said the sketch comedy show wanted to endorse a candidate but was stopped by NBC executives.
Baldwin, a staunch Democrat, made the statement in response to TV critic Daniel D’Addario taking on SNL in a series of tweets for, what he called, its lack of courage.
compare/contrast: the mawkish anti-Trump cold open of SNL with the Weekend Update joke in which Che says both candidates were SO unlikeable
— Daniel D’Addario (@DPD_) November 13, 2016
This show chose at every turn to display about as little courage or decisiveness as possible, beginning with having Trump host last Nov.
— Daniel D’Addario (@DPD_) November 13, 2016
Anyway, that fell outside the aegis of this review — https://t.co/hOJntMvtKl — but just on my mind!
— Daniel D’Addario (@DPD_) November 13, 2016
In order to prove the show had courage, Baldwin replied by saying they were going to endorse a candidate.
How naive you are, @DPD_
SNL tell people who to vote for?
Don’t think that doesn’t cross their mind.
But NBC execs kill that— ABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) November 14, 2016
They were going to, but they didn’t have the courage to stand up to network execs . . . who pay their salaries?
Baldwin stopped playing Trump on SNL after the election and has no plans to return to the role.
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