The <em>SNL</em> Cameo That Was a Big Miss
Watching the real Nikki Haley spar with a fake Donald Trump was awkward—and not very funny.
by Esther Zuckerman
Feb 04, 2024
2 minutes
Last night, audiences who tuned into to see star and Emmy winner Ayo Edebiri host for the first time were greeted with an awkward surprise: The sight of the Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, trying her best to seem at ease opposite a fake Donald Trump. Haley popped up in the cold open, playing herself as a “concerned South Carolina voter” attending a CNN town hall—which Haley followed up by asking “Donald” to take a mental-competency test.
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