Saturday Night Live: Bill Murray Appears as Steve Bannon
Steve Bannon
Bill Murray surprised Saturday Night Live viewers this weekend with a guest appearance as  former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon .
Appearing in SNLâs âMorning Joeâ sketch with Kate McKinnon playing Mika Brzezinski and Alex Moffat as Joe Scarborough  Murray pulled down the hood of a dark cloak to reveal himself as  Bannon . (In the past  the show has portrayed  Bannon  as a cloaked Grim Reaper character.)
âMy god  Steve  I always thought you looked like death but this is death warmed over â said McKinnon as Brzezinski.  Murrayâs Bannon  was appearing on the show alongside Michael Wolff  the author of Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House  played by Fred Armisen.
Murrayâs character denied the statements he made to Wolff that were published in the book â where he said that the meeting between a Russian lawyer and Donald Trump Jr.  along with Trump campaign aides  was âtreasonous.â ( Bannon  has apologized for the statement  calling Trump Jr. âboth a patriot and a good man.â  Bannon  has also stepped down from  his  role as executive chairman at the Breitbart News Network.)
As for political candidates Murray-as- Bannon  said  he  plans to promote next  those include disgraced YouTube star Logan Paul  former drug company executive and convicted felon Martin Shkreli  and the former âSubway guyâ Jared Fogel  who pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Bill Murray surprised Saturday Night Live viewers this weekend with a guest appearance as  former White House Chief Strategist  [TGT]  .
Appearing in SNLâs âMorning Joeâ sketch with Kate McKinnon playing Mika Brzezinski and Alex Moffat as Joe Scarborough  Murray pulled down the hood of a dark cloak to reveal himself as  Bannon . (In the past  the show has portrayed  Bannon  as a cloaked Grim Reaper character.)
âMy god  Steve  I always thought you looked like death but this is death warmed over â said McKinnon as Brzezinski.  Murrayâs Bannon  was appearing on the show alongside Michael Wolff  the author of Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House  played by Fred Armisen.
Murrayâs character denied the statements he made to Wolff that were published in the book â where he said that the meeting between a Russian lawyer and Donald Trump Jr.  along with Trump campaign aides  was âtreasonous.â ( Bannon  has apologized for the statement  calling Trump Jr. âboth a patriot and a good man.â  Bannon  has also stepped down from  his  role as executive chairman at the Breitbart News Network.)
As for political candidates Murray-as- Bannon  said  he  plans to promote next  those include disgraced YouTube star Logan Paul  former drug company executive and convicted felon Martin Shkreli  and the former âSubway guyâ Jared Fogel  who pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.