It’s an impersonation so biting that President Donald Trump himself has publicly, and repeatedly, criticized it — and one that has coincided with a ratings revival for Saturday Night Live. But Alec Baldwin says he won’t be donning that blond wig and giant red tie much longer.
Baldwin, who first debuted his Trump impersonation in October during the general election, signaled that his time as the commander in chief will be coming to an end soon.
“The maliciousness of this White House has people very worried, which is why I’m not going to do it much longer by the way, the impersonation,” Baldwin told Extra on Monday. “I don’t know how much more people can take it, you know.”
The last time Baldwin played Trump on SNL was on Feb. 11, when he guest-hosted. And while Baldwin normally opens the show as Trump, he didn’t even appear as the president until midway through the episode.