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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 discusses Donald Trump's table read experience on Saturday Night Live, featuring anecdotes from the cast about his performance and behavior.

Guests share stories about Trump's ad-libbing during sketches, including a moment where he misread lines and called Ivanka Trump "turkey legs" instead of delivering the correct dialogue.

They recount an incident where Trump interrupted the table read to take a phone call, announcing that his book had reached number one, which prompted applause from the cast.

Additionally, there is a humorous exchange about Trump's disbelief in the existence of the book "The Giving Tree" while dressed in a tree costume, highlighting his unique personality.

The episode captures the quirky and unpredictable nature of Trump's involvement in the show, providing a glimpse into the behind-the-scenes dynamics.

TL;DR

Donald Trump’s table read on SNL featured misread lines, a phone call interruption, and disbelief in a classic children's book.

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

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Episode Highlights

  • Misreading Lines
    Trump humorously misreads a line meant for Ivanka, calling her 'turkey legs.'
    “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 phone call to announce his book's success.
    “My book just went to number one!”
    @ 01m 54s
    April 05, 2023
  • Doubting Literature
    Trump, dressed as a tree, doesn't believe 'The Giving Tree' is a real book.
    “That's not a real book!”
    @ 02m 44s
    April 05, 2023

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Key Moments

  • Table Read00:57
  • Misread Lines01:27
  • Phone Call01:42
  • Literary Doubt02:44

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