Sen. Rand Paul Randal (Rand) Howard PaulSecond GOP senator to quarantine after exposure to coronavirus GOP senator to quarantine after coronavirus exposure The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by National Industries for the Blind - Trump seeks to flip 'Rage' narrative; Dems block COVID-19 bill MORE says, like fellow GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE, he’s ready to go “live from New York.”

The Kentucky lawmaker says while he hasn’t been invited yet to appear on NBC’s late-night sketch comedy show, he’d be “willing to do it.”

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ITK caught up with the White House hopeful — days before Trump took a turn guest hosting “SNL” — at a book party in Washington celebrating the release of “Fox & Friends” co-host Brian Kilmeade and Don -Yaeger’s latest tome, “Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates.”

Going on “SNL,” says Paul, helps “to show you’re human and not a robot.”

“That’s why -Hillary went out, because there’s still lingering doubts,” he quipped.

Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonButtigieg stands in as Pence for Harris's debate practice Senate GOP sees early Supreme Court vote as political booster shot Poll: 51 percent of voters want to abolish the electoral college MORE appeared as “Val” the bartender in a sketch last month. But at least one White House contender has balked at making an “SNL” cameo.

“I think the presidency of the United States is a very serious thing,” Republican Ben Carson said in an October interview. “I don’t even want to begin to put it in the lightness of comedy.”

Even though Paul is a regular on cable news networks, he doesn’t necessarily have the best track record as a late-night guest.

“I’ve been on Colbert. I was on with Larry Wilmore,” Paul recalled. Then he added with a grin, “Salon called it the ‘most painful and awkward six minutes in the history of television.’ ”