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Replay Video UP NEXT Hours before the midseason finale of “Saturday Night Live,” comedian Jim Carrey, who played Joe Biden on the show for several episodes, announced he was retiring his manic impression of the president elect. “Though my term was only meant to be 6 weeks, I was thrilled to be elected as your SNL President,” tweeted Carrey on Saturday afternoon. “I would love to go forward knowing that Biden was the victor because I nailed that s -. But I am just one in a long line of proud, fighting SNL Bidens!” (Those would include former cast members Jason Sudeikis, Kevin Nealon, John Mulaney and guest Woody Harrelson.)
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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.