Elon Musk Takes Issue With Dana Carvey’s ‘SNL’ Impression: “They Are So Mad”
Thin-skinned as usual, Elon Musk is doing his best impression of Donald Trump in his ire over Dana Carvey‘s newly unveiled impression of him.
Hours after the comic legend appeared on Saturday Night Live‘s mock boot-licking cold open on this weekend’s post-election episode, the world’s richest man took to the social media platform he owns to whine about the roasting and the state of the long-running Lorne Micheal‘s show in general.
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He wrote on X, “SNL has been dying slowly for years, as they become increasingly out of touch with reality. Their last-ditch effort to cheat the equal airtime requirements and prop up Kamala before the election only helped sink her campaign further.”
“They are so mad that @realDonaldTrump won,” added Musk in another post with two cry laughing emojis, in response to images of Carvey wearing his “dark gothic MAGA hat.”
Musk, who previously hosted the show with impressive ratings during Season 46 in 2021, also took issue with Carvey’s impression of him. “Dana Carvey just sounds like Dana Carvey,” he added in another post.
Carvey’s impression came during the episode’s cold open, in which the cast jokingly pandered to Trump after the president-elect threatened his opponents, calling Democrats the “enemy from within.” They then introduced James Austin Johnson‘s flattering new “Hot Jacked Trump,” as well as Carvey as “the other man we love and trust, Elon Musk.”
“Alright!” said Carvey as he jumped and danced around the stage, pointing at his hat. “Check it out, dark MAGA. Yeah! But seriously, I run the country now. America’s gonna be like one of my rockets that’s super cool and super fun. But there’s a slight chance it could blow up, and everybody dies.”
Carvey laughed in character as Musk before jumping up and down more, chanting, “I’m dark MAGA! Steal the White House! USA! USA!”
The sketch comes after Musk campaigned for Trump in the black MAGA cap, giddily jumping up and down at the twice-impeached president’s Pennsylvania rally last month. He also began offering daily $1 million giveaways to swing state voters.
Trump has since said that although Musk “doesn’t want to be in the cabinet,” he’s “dying” to be “in charge of cost-cutting.”
Oddly, while Musk complained about being mussed up by SNL, the 45th and soon-to-be 47th POTUS has said nothing so far. Perhaps Trump appreciated the pledges of alleigence, even in jest, or James Austin Johnson’s now shirtless, bandana wearing Trump.
Having said that, we will update this post if Trump does respond
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