Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, might have thought that he could kick back, relax with Super Bowl LI and lick his wounds from the comedic drubbing he took from Melissa McCarthy on this weekend’s “Saturday Night Live.” The Internet had other ideas.
"The Patriots have more points." —Sean Spicer
— comedycentral (@ComedyCentral) February 6, 2017
"The Patriots are off to one of the best starts in Super Bowl history." - @seanspicer
— Mark Takano (@RepMarkTakano) February 6, 2017
Sean Spicer tomorrow: The President was always rooting for the Falcons, period.
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) February 6, 2017
Sad! That the #SuperBowl has to resort to a "performer" like this, and they couldn't land a Bigly group like 3 Doors Down. pic.twitter.com/IL7JDnW1cq
— Sean Spicer Facts (@SeanSpicerFacts) February 6, 2017
More people were at the Inauguration than watched the #SuperBowl. pic.twitter.com/JSTjbGEkWC
— Robert Hernandez 😷 (@webjournalist) February 6, 2017
The only person having a worse time during the game’s early goings may have been Spicer’s boss. In the end, though, the Patriots came back and won in overtime. And Spicer had the last word as far as McCarthy’s sketch was concerned, telling “Extra” that SNL has “crossed over into mean” and offering Alec Baldwin’s portray of President Trump as an example.
Spicer, who said he was rooting for the Patriots and attended the Super Bowl with Vice President Pence, also said that the performance could have been “dialed back.”
“Alec has gone from funny to mean, and that’s unfortunate,” he said. “SNL used to be really funny. There’s a streak of meanness now that they’ve crossed over to mean.”
Next weekend, Baldwin is hosting SNL.
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