“I Just Feel Gross”: Alec Baldwin Finally Breaks Character During A Trump Impression On ‘SNL’
"None of this will have mattered if you don't vote."
Turns out you can only live in the skin of Donald Trump for so long. During his most recent appearance as the Republican candidate on Saturday Night Live, Alec Baldwin finally breaks character as he and Hillary Clinton surrogate Kate McKinnon encourage everyone watching “to get out there and vote.”
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The sketch begins in much the same way as the show’s earlier mock debates, with Baldwin and McKinnon making fun of the seemingly never-ending parade of scandals that have engulfed their respective candidates. “It’s been a great week,” says McKinnon. “My fave part was when I lost that big huge lead I had.”
While McKinnon struggles to play down the Clinton email controversy, Baldwin’s Trump is seen kissing an FBI agent, Vladimir Putin and a member of the KKK, all while denying that he has any connection to any of them.
But the sketch takes a sudden, earnest turn when, in the middle of a rant about Clinton being “a liar” and “a crook”, Baldwin suddenly breaks character, apologising to McKinnon and saying “I just hate yelling all this stuff at you.”
“I know, right?” replies McKinnon. “This whole election has been so mean.”
“I just feel gross all the time,” says Baldwin, before turning to the audience. “Don’t you guys feel gross about this?”
And with that the two actors run off camera and into Times Square, where they start hugging people, handing out balloons and giving each other piggy back rides. The sketch closes with the pair returning to the studio and imploring Americans to vote. “None of this will have mattered if you don’t vote,” says Baldwin.
“We can’t tell you who to vote for,” adds McKinnon, “but on Tuesday we all get a chance to choose what kind of country we want to live in.”