White House press secretary Sean Spicer was a good sport about a “Saturday Night Live” sketch mocking his daily press briefings, but told “Extra” on Sunday that he thought the show’s portrayal of the President has gotten “mean.”
“Alec has gone from funny to mean, and that’s unfortunate,” Spicer told the entertainment show.
But it was comedian Melissa McCarthy’s imitation of Spicer that got tons of buzz online Saturday night. Spicer told “Extra” that he apparently didn’t hear of the sketch until he was leaving church on Sunday, saying that his phone had so much activity that he thought there must have been a national emergency.
Spicer seemed to take the sketch in good humor, saying that he found it funny. But, he said that McCarthy exaggerated his confrontational demeanor with reporters during briefings. He especially took issue with McCarthy’s downing of Orbit gum during the sketch, mocking Spicer’s famous cinnamon gum habit of “two-and-a-half packs by noon.”
They exaggerated your mannerisms? Yeah…shocking how parody works.
But was she accurate in her portrayal of Spicer? I wouldn’t know… have not had the stomach to watch one of his briefings.
It was mean: everyone know that when it comes to gum, Spicer swallows.
If the shoe fits…
What’s that phrase about the heat and the kitchen? Give me a minute, I’ll think of it…