Will Alec Baldwin End Donald Trump Impersonation? 'Saturday Night Live' Host Blames 'Maliciousness In The White House'

Alec Baldwin who has been impersonating President Donald Trump on "Saturday Night Live" since October, said Monday that he might not continue to do so due to the seriousness of the current political situation in the country. Trump has always criticized the show. However, SNL's ratings revived after Baldwin's impersonation in the long-running sketch show.

Baldwin told Extra’s Mario Lopez that he hoped Trump would react to things more sensibly after taking office. "Trump just overwhelmingly lacks any sportsmanship, he remains bitter, and angry, and you just want to look at him and go, ‘You won!'"

He continued, "His policies aside, which you can hate, I thought he would have just relaxed. The maliciousness of this White House has people 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."

The actor also spoke about the comment Jimmy Kimmel made about Baldwin to attend the White House Correspondents' Dinner instead of Trump. Baldwin was not sure if that was a great idea. "I don’t think it’s going to happen, I don’t think they want that, for their [prestige] and their integrity, I think a lot of people are thinking if Trump himself doesn’t come and face the music as it were. … 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 added.

Baldwin started impersonating Trump on the show in October, during the presidential elections. He also revealed then, that he was not at all prepared before coming to the rehearsal of the first sketch for the series created by Lorne Michael. Baldwin played Trump on the SNL show for the last time on Feb. 11, when he was hosting the show as a guest. In this episode he appeared as the President later unlike his usual openings as Trump, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Trump criticism of the show did not see a change in SNL's ratings. "@NBCNews is bad but Saturday Night Live is the worst of NBC," Trump tweeted in January after SNL's comedy show made fun of his press conference.