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Cecily Strong Explains What It Was Like When Donald Trump Hosted SNL | Fly on the Wall

April 05, 2023 / 03:33

This episode features discussions about Donald Trump's table read experience on Saturday Night Live, including his ad-libbing and interactions with cast members.

Guests recount how Trump arrived without reading glasses and improvised lines during sketches. They mention a specific moment where he misread a line directed at Ivanka Trump.

There are anecdotes about Trump taking a phone call during the table read, announcing his book's success, and his humorous take on the Giving Tree sketch.

The guests share their impressions of Trump's unique personality and behavior during the read, highlighting the unusual nature of the experience.

Overall, the episode provides a glimpse into the behind-the-scenes moments of SNL with Trump as a guest.

TLDR

Guests share their experiences with Donald Trump during an SNL table read, highlighting his ad-libbing and unique behavior.

Episode

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so Were You There Were You There When Trump was on because I just heard a story that uh Pete oh yeah and he said
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uh this is they said Dana dear this he goes first of all they um that Trump came to read through this you can
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corroborate I'm even getting wrong I mean I know that yeah and he said like I
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don't really read I don't really like like sort of ad-lib instead of read
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sketches that was part of it and then he said ad-lib like nobody's business he
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said let me how you doing on my glasses and then Lauren said you can use mine and he's like and then there was an end
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of a sketch maybe at Disneyland where he says uh he says see you later and then he looks at everyone else and goes
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chicken lay no turkey legs like let's let's go eat turkey legs let me tell you
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because it's one of my new tablets yes well here's there's a couple things that
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happened he didn't bring his reading glasses to the table read and was like oh I didn't know what that we were going
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to be reading or something like that yeah I was kind of like well it's the table read
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with scriptures yeah and so Ivanka was there and there was a sketch that Ivanka was in that was
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set at like medieval times and at the end of it he goes told you the grammatically was written told you like
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Told You So to her he's talking to her period and then it says turkey leg like would you like to go get a turkey
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leg that's what that's how one would read that sentence um but Donald Trump read it as told you
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turkey legs to Ivanka like like he was calling her turkey eggs he looked at us like funny okay weirdos
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you know it's like we're not doing you read it wrong and then he also in the
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middle of it I got a phone call and took his call so we all just waited I've never seen
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anyone like do that to Lauren yet you know and he went uh-huh oh that's great
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my book just went to number one and we all just went wow wow had to applaud just the moment
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just the of course it interrupts the table read to take here very real call my book just went to number one and I
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know you got to do some things but I think I deserve a little bit of a block and then he
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he to be put into the Drake the hotline bling sket the dad I think it was like the dad dance or something
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that I remember his funny little weird to be put in that yeah and then the other thing he did was they
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did a Giving Tree sketch and Jenna always tells the story our stage manager because he's like that's not a real book
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and she kept saying what do you mean that's a book and he just did not believe that the
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giving tree as he was in a full tree costume and I do have a picture from my monitor and my dressing it from
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rehearsal of just his face in this tree costume The Giving Tree it's just a rumor did
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not believe obviously it was not uh brought up on the giving tree I know books I've read a lot of books I've
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heard about books so I know when there's a book I know a lot of books excuse me let me
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finish I know about books let me tell you um no one like him what everything's
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been said about him but there he's a one-off uh those table reads are cool I
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mean you can learn a lot

Episode Highlights

  • The Turkey Legs Incident
    Trump hilariously misreads a line, calling Ivanka 'turkey legs' instead of addressing her directly.
    “He read it as told you turkey legs!”
    @ 01m 27s
    April 05, 2023
  • Trump's Table Read Interruptions
    During a table read, Trump took a call to announce his book's success, surprising everyone.
    “My book just went to number one!”
    @ 01m 54s
    April 05, 2023
  • Doubting 'The Giving Tree'
    In a sketch, Trump, dressed as a tree, claims 'The Giving Tree' isn't a real book.
    “That's not a real book!”
    @ 02m 44s
    April 05, 2023

Episode Quotes

  • He read it as told you turkey legs!
    Cecily Strong Explains What It Was Like When Donald Trump Hosted SNL | Fly on the Wall
  • My book just went to number one!
    Cecily Strong Explains What It Was Like When Donald Trump Hosted SNL | Fly on the Wall
  • That's not a real book!
    Cecily Strong Explains What It Was Like When Donald Trump Hosted SNL | Fly on the Wall

Key Moments

  • Turkey Legs Misread01:27
  • Giving Tree Doubt02:44

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