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Alec Baldwin returns to “Saturday Night Live” to spoof Bret Baier's interview with Kamala Harris

NEW YORK (AP) — Alec Baldwin has returned “Saturday Night Live.”

But the actor, who won an Emmy for portraying former President Donald Trump, didn't reprise that role — he returned Saturday night to play Fox News' Bret Baier in a parody opening skit This week's interview with Kamala Harris.

Baldwin received loud cheers from the audience before revealing he was playing Baier, joking: “Yeah, I look like someone made a businessman in Minecraft.”

Rudolph's Harris laughed nervously after shaking Baldwin's Baier's hand and said, “The pleasure is not ours.”

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: “May I please finish?”

Baldwin: “I’m asking you to.”

Rudolph: “Well, then you have to listen.”

Baldwin: “Well I can’t because I’m talking.”

Rudolph: “Well, when are you going to stop?”

“Maybe when I go to bed,” Baldwin replied as the audience laughed loudly.

The skit was also momentarily funny Baier admitted it was a mistake by playing the wrong clip of a Trump response.

The clips allowed “SNL” to include mini-sketches, including one starring Dana Carvey as President Joe Biden, who has played the role since the series began 50th season of the comedy sketch show.

The skit ended – many interruptions later – with Harris asking, “Before I go, can I just say what I've been meaning to say this whole time?” Live from New York, it's Saturday night!” and Baldwin joined her .

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice star Michael Keaton hosts the show on Saturday, with Billie Eilish as musical presenter.

Baldwin hosted the record-breaking series “SNL” 17 times, but has not appeared there recently. His involuntary manslaughter trial for the fatal shooting of a cameraman on the set of the film “Rust” ended in a mistrial in July.

By Vanessa

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