It’s safe to assume that the gang on “Saturday Night Live” won’t be lacking for material this week. After all, the Sturm und Drang surrounding the firing of James Comey is enough for a whole show’s worth of skits. However, on Friday morning, New Yorkers got a tantalizing hint of who may be in for a dose of the “SNL” treatment–Sean Spicer.
During rush hour on Monday morning in Midtown Manhattan, Melissa McCarthy was out on the streets, in character as the White House press secretary–complete with motorized podium. She was there filming a skit for the following night’s show. Watch a clip here.
McCarthy reprised her ill-tempered portrayal of Spicer from this winter and spring, yelling at cars to get out of the way.
Several people whipped out their phones and started filming as McCarthy/Spicey rolled by.
So guys…this just happened on 59th St in NYC. @melissamccarthy @NBCSN #Spicey pic.twitter.com/PtOpneSRGU
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) May 12, 2017
.@melissamccarthy as @seanspicer cruising down 58th St. #SNL pic.twitter.com/aR302eeAv9
— S. Mitra Kalita (@mitrakalita) May 12, 2017
CNN anchor Don Lemon and social media chief Samantha Barry started filming when McCarthy/Spicey rolled by CNN’s Manhattan studios.
Take two. Melissa McCarthy sliding through the streets of New York in full #SNL Sean Spicer character pic.twitter.com/HC3Uc4QnSx
— Samantha Barry (@samanthabarry) May 12, 2017
Meanwhile…… @melissamccarthy heading to @nbcsnl as @PressSec / @seanspicer in front of #CNN. #SNL pic.twitter.com/nsBQQ0FO1o
— Don Lemon (@donlemon) May 12, 2017
As it turned out, McCarthy actually started trolling Spicer on Thursday. When word got out that Spicer hid in the bushes when reporters showed up at the White House to ask about Comey’s ouster, McCarthy took to Instagram with this.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BT9dGAdAxhL/
And while teasing this weekend’s edition of “SNL,” McCarthy had the makeup crew transform her into Spicer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXzNufNaVQo
Oh, this is beautiful.
For those who missed it, McCarthy first turned heads on February 4, when she made a surprise appearance at Studio 8H as Spicer. Watch here.
She had the part down cold, complete with alternative facts. For instance, the travel ban was not really a ban. The treatment continued a week later–when the motorized podium made its first appearance.
A few days before Easter, McCarthy’s Spicer hijacked the Easter Egg Roll to apologize for claiming Adolf Hitler, unlike Bashar al-Assad, took the high ground and didn’t use chemical weapons.
But McCarthy may have outdone herself with her latest effort to troll Spicer. If this week’s snippets are any indication, we could be about to see another “SNL” classic.
