Spicer says Melissa McCarthy needs to dial back her 'SNL' impression

White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Melissa McCarthy’s impersonation of him on "Saturday Night Live" was “funny,” but he jokingly critiqued her gum-chewing technique.

Spicer told Extra TV on Sunday that he thought the impression was a little exaggerated and McCarthy “could dial it back” a bit, but it was really “funny.”


McCarthy wore a suit and made fun of Spicer’s use of photographic props during his daily briefings and the administration's hostility to CNN. The show also joked about Spicer’s blaming the media for using the word “ban” in describing Trump’s executive order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority countries despite Trump and Spicer using the word previously.

The press secretary said he first learned about the impression when he had so many notifications on his phone while leaving church Sunday morning he thought there was a national emergency.

McCarthy also made fun of Spicer’s gum-chewing habit. Spicer, who chews and swallows two-and-half packs of gum by noon each day, joked McCarthy “needs to slow down on the gum chewing; way too many pieces in there.”

