‘Saturday Night Live’ Season 43 To See Alec Baldwin’s Return As Donald Trump

Alec Baldwin will reprise his role as President Donald Trump in the upcoming 43rd season of “Saturday Night Live.”

In March, Baldwin told CNN that he will no longer be portraying Trump. At the time, the actor also said that he doesn’t think he will be asked to impersonate the president of the United States at the White House Correspondents Dinner, but if he will be asked to do so, he will say yes.

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“I don’t know what kind of program they’re going to have. If they wanted me to do it, I would probably do it, but I’m not quite sure they’ll do. I think they may have a whole other idea,” he said.

According to Entertainment Weekly, however, Baldwin has just signed on to return to “Saturday Night Live” as Trump. The publication also reached out to NBC, as well as Baldwin’s reps for comment, but they haven’t responded. The publication also noted that Baldwin gained critical acclaim after impersonating the president of the country in the 42nd season of “Saturday Night Live.”

Despite the success of his skits, Baldwin told Extra in March that he is doubtful that more people would tune in to his act for that much longer. “The maliciousness of this White House has people very worried. That’s why I’m not going to do it much longer, the impersonation. I don’t know how much more people can take it,” he said.

Meanwhile, Baldwin made headlines earlier this month when he showed support for Kathy Griffin after the comedian posed with a fake decapitated head of Trump on social media. On his Twitter account, Baldwin consoled the former CNN host by reminding her of what happened to him a few years back.

At the time, Baldwin appeared on Conan O’Brien’s talk show and made a joke about then-representative Henry Hyde. Immediately after the episode aired, the members of the GOP insisted that the actor was trying to threaten Hyde. However, the actor said that this wasn’t really his intention. Towards the end of his tweet, he urged Griffin to just ignore Trump.