Why did Jim Carrey leave Joe Biden role on SNL? Saturday Night Live news explained
Why did Jim Carrey leave Joe Biden role on SNL? The actor announced that he will no longer be portraying the President-elect on Saturday Night Live.
When considering the greatest comedy actors of all time, you often hear the same handful of names cited.
You have the likes of Eddie Murphy, Robin Williams, Leslie Nielson, Peter Sellers, Bill Murray, and of course, the one and only Jim Carrey.
The 58-year-old American-Canadian actor became a genre icon for such nineties efforts as
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,
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Jim Carrey s time as President-elect Joe Biden has come to an end. The comedian announced on Twitter that he would no longer portray the former vice president on
Saturday Night Live. Carrey played the politician for six episodes during the comedy sketch show s current 46th season. Though my term was only meant to be 6 weeks, I was thrilled to be elected as your
SNL President. comedy’s highest call of duty, he wrote on Saturday. I would love to go forward knowing that Biden was the victor because I nailed that sh t. But I am just one in a long line of proud, fighting
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This article originally appeared on Variety.
The nation has a president-elect. But who will play him on Saturday Night Live as he prepares to be sworn into office?
The question is open anew after actor Jim Carrey took to Twitter Saturday to tell fans he was leaving behind the impression of Joe Biden he has offered over the course of the first six episodes of the show s 46th season. Carrey has not appeared in sketches in SNL s last two broadcasts, nor has Alec Baldwin, who has portrayed President Donald Trump for the past four seasons and the early part of the current one.