Said earlier this week he wanted to 'shed the Donald Trump cloak'

His publicist said it was unsure whether he would ever play Trump again

Alec Baldwin will not play president-elect Donald Trump on this week's episode of Saturday Night Live - and could never reprise his role.

The actor's publicist told Inside Edition Friday that Baldwin would not appear on SNL this weekend. She said she wasn't sure whether he would ever do it again.

Baldwin first unrolled his Trump impression in October, when he and Kate McKinnon's Hillary Clinton recreated the first of three presidential debates.

His version of Trump, who spoke with a raspy voice and pursed lips, lent itself to many humorous moments on SNL's campaign coverage.

Alec Baldwin (pictured as Donald Trump) will not play the president-elect on this week's episode of Saturday Night Live - and could never reprise his role

In one dialogue with McKinnon after the first presidential debate, she accused him of not having released his tax returns because he's 'either not that rich, not that charitable, or he's never paid taxes in his life'.

Baldwin's Trump replied to the first two charges saying 'wrong' - but responded to the third accusation with 'warmer'.

The actor did make his Trump impression Friday while speaking at a marketing conference in Boston, Massachusetts.

'I think that Trump is going to be someone who is not going to be that involved, he's going to be going into rooms with trusted advisers and they're going to say, "We did this, this, this, and this," ' Baldwin began in a video published by the Boston Globe.

Baldwin (pictured left as Trump) first unrolled his Trump impression in October, when he and Kate McKinnon's Hillary Clinton recreated the first of three presidential debates

McKinnon's Clinton (left) and Baldwin's Trump (right) created many humorous moments as they gave their own take on the campaign until Election Day

'And he's going to say, "Sounds good, that sounds good. I like it. I like it a lot. That's a great, great, fantastic, really top-shelf super gold-plated, platinum, frequent-flyer situation you've got going on." '

Baldwin told WNYC's The Brian Lehrer Show on Election day he was 'trying to shed the Donald Trump cloak'.

He said he had almost sprained his jaw trying to mimic Trump's enunciation.

'I’m not an impressionist, per se, but if you do any kind of comedy and they ask you to do that, most of the time, there’s some degree of appreciation, I think, involving somebody you like,' Baldwin added.

'Trump is somebody who, I don’t hate Trump, but he’s not somebody I admire, so it was more difficult.'