>> White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer weighs in on Melissa McCarthy's 'SNL' sketch
"I would just like to announce that I am calm now," McCarthy's Spicer shouted in Saturday's cold open before poking fun at his gum-chewing, frequent mispronunciations and repeated references to a nonexistent Atlanta terror attack. (On Wednesday, the real Spicer told ABC News that he had misspoken when he said Atlanta and "clearly meant Orlando.")
>> Sean Spicer says he 'clearly meant Orlando' after citing nonexistent Atlanta terror attack
But the deepest digs came when McCarthy-as-Spicer gave Ivanka Trump's fashion brand the QVC treatment in a reference to Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway's promotion of the line in a Fox News interview. In the sketch, McCarthy shows off a bracelet and shoes from the first daughter's collection, literally kicking up her heel.
That gag and an appearance by cast member Kate McKinnon as new Attorney General Jeff Sessions seemed to be in response to a Politico report that Trump was upset that Spicer had been played by a woman. (And that wasn't McKinnon's only role of the night: She also played Conway opposite Beck Bennett's Jake Tapper in a "Fatal Attraction" spoof and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren on "Weekend Update.")
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