Donald Trump’s SNL appearance is going to be a shitshow
Usually, all Saturday Night Live’s crew has to worry about during a live taping is the cast getting a bad case of the giggles, or perhaps a wig slipping off of Kenan Thompson’s head mid-sketch. But this week’s show brings a whole new set of problems—problems, one could argue, that the show has brought upon itself by indulging in cynical ratings bait at the expense of its own dwindling relevance. In other words, this week’s guest is Donald Trump, a move that has been criticized by Hispanic groups and other political types—including John Leguizamo, who says he “won’t watch SNL anymore” and urges others to do the same—who would like to remind Lorne Michaels and company of the time Trump called Mexican immigrants criminals, as well as the time NBC cut ties with him for it.