{"id":35108,"date":"2023-08-31T01:24:35","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T01:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/31\/hillary-clinton-did-not-approve-of-snls-chelsea-clinton-impression\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T01:24:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T01:24:35","slug":"hillary-clinton-did-not-approve-of-snls-chelsea-clinton-impression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/31\/hillary-clinton-did-not-approve-of-snls-chelsea-clinton-impression\/","title":{"rendered":"Hillary Clinton Did Not Approve of SNL’s Chelsea Clinton Impression"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Hillary Clinton<\/strong><\/a> didn\u2019t like Julia Sweeney<\/strong>\u2019s impression of daughter Chelsea Clinton<\/strong><\/a> on Saturday Night Live<\/em><\/a> \u2014 and the comedian understands why.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople were saying how unattractively I was playing Chelsea and all I did was not wear makeup and put braces on,\u201d Sweeney, 63, said during the Wednesday, August 30, episode of the \u201cFly on the Wall<\/a>\u201d podcast. \u201cIf you say that, you\u2019re saying I\u2019m unattractive! Which maybe that\u2019s so but \u2026 I wasn\u2019t trying to play her unattractive!\u201d<\/p>\n

Sweeney explained to hosts \u2014 and fellow SNL<\/em> alums \u2014 Dana Carvey<\/strong><\/a> and David Spade<\/strong><\/a> that Hillary, 75, sent in a \u201cletter\u201d to boss Lorne Michaels<\/strong><\/a> about the portrayal of her daughter, now 43, on the sketch comedy show after she was rubbed the wrong way.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I understood what Hillary was saying, especially now that I\u2019m a parent,\u201d Sweeney reflected. \u201cIt\u2019s like, \u2018Yeah f\u2013k off.\u2019 I mean, don\u2019t play kids. That was wrong. She was right, that was wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sweeney played then-teenager Chelsea in a January 1993 episode that was hosted by Harvey Keitel<\/strong>, according to Entertainment Weekly<\/em><\/a>. Phil Hartman<\/strong> and Jan Hooks<\/strong> portrayed then-president Bill Clinton<\/strong><\/a> and the first lady, respectively. The sketch was titled \u201cInaugural Gala\u201d per IMDB.<\/p>\n

Following the skit, Sweeney did not play Chelsea again. The clip is also not available to watch on SNL<\/em>\u2018s official YouTube page.<\/p>\n

However, SNL<\/em> did continue to poke fun at the first daughter including in one of Carvey and Mike Myers\u2019 notable \u201cWayne\u2019s World\u201d bits. In the segment, Myers and Carvey\u2019s characters suggested that Chelsea wasn\u2019t as attractive as then-vice president Al Gore<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s daughters.<\/p>\n

Following its initial airing in 1993, Myers reportedly wrote an apology letter<\/a> to the Clinton family. Michaels, for his part, issued a statement about the sketch and decided to cut it out when the episode was going to be rerun.<\/p>\n

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