NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 Alec Baldwin has returned to 鈥淪aturday Night Live.鈥
But the actor who won an Emmy for playing former President Donald Trump didn't reprise that role 鈥 he returned Saturday night to play Fox News' Bret Baier in an opening skit that spoofed
Baldwin received loud cheers from the audience before revealing he was playing Baier, who he joked, 鈥淵es, I do look like someone made a businessman in Minecraft.鈥
Rudolph's Harris nervously laughed after shaking hands with Baldwin's Baier, saying, 鈥淭he pleasure is neither of ours.鈥
The skit poked fun at Baier's real-life interruptions of Harris, with Baldwin repeatedly interrupting Rudolph in rapid-fire fashion.
Rudolph, after several interruptions to the first question: 鈥淢ay I please finish?鈥
Baldwin: 鈥淚'm asking you to.鈥
Rudolph: 鈥淲ell, then you have to listen.鈥
Baldwin: 鈥淲ell I can't because I'm talking.鈥
Rudolph: "Well, When will you stop?"
"Maybe when I go to bed," Baldwin responded, with the audience laughing loudly.
The skit also mocked a moment by playing the wrong clip of a Trump response.
The clips allowed 鈥淪NL鈥 to bring in mini-skits including one with Dana Carvey as President Joe Biden, who has played the role since the beginning of the
The skit closed 鈥 many interruptions later 鈥 with Harris asking: 鈥淏efore I go, can I just say the thing I've been trying to say this whole time? Live from New York, it's Saturday night!鈥, with Baldwin joining her.
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Baldwin has hosted 鈥淪NL鈥 a record 17 times, but hasn鈥檛 appeared on it recently. His involuntary manslaughter trial over the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the film 鈥淩ust鈥 ended in July in a mistrial.
