Bill Murray visits SNL as Stephen Bannon
Saturday Night Live opened on the set of MSNBC's Morning Joe this week, with Mika Brzezinski (Kate McKinnon) and Joe Scarborough (Alex Moffat) talking about President Trump and Michael Wolff's controversial new book, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House. SNL alum Fred Armisen appeared as Wolff, joined by ousted White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon, revealed under his Grim Reaper hood to be played by Bill Murray.
The real life Bannon's quotes in Fire and Fury led to a statement from Trump declaring his former ally has "lost his mind," but Murray's Bannon is pretty optimistic about "the Bannon dynasty," and also his forthcoming line of "wrinkled barn jackets called, 'Frumpers, for guys.'"
Watch the full sketch — including an appearance by Leslie Jones' Oprah and plenty of swipes at the Morning Joe hosts — below. Bonnie Kristian
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