The Democratic presidential frontrunner plays Val, an ordinary citizen 'who believes the Keystone pipeline will destroy our environment'.
- October 4, 2015
AceShowbiz -
"Saturday Night Live" was saving it all for the one skit that involved Hillary Clinton. The Democratic presidential candidate appeared as a bartender named Val who was talking to Kate McKinnon's drunk Hillary Clinton.
After making a joke about Keystone XL pipeline, McKinnon's Clinton touched the subject of fellow presidential candidate Donald Trump. "I'm just so darn bummed," McKinnon said. "All anybody wants to talk about is Donald Trump." Clinton did her best Trump impersonation without hesitation, saying "Donald Trump. Isn't he the one that's like 'Oh, you're all losers?' "
McKinnon repeatedly emphasized on how she should have supported gay marriage sooner and Clinton said, "Fair point". There was a brief appearance of Darrell Hammond as Bill Clinton who got scared of the women's resemblance. McKinnon later praised Clinton-as-Val as "easy to talk to" and Clinton replied, "That's the first time I've ever heard that."
The skit ended with McKinnon being brought back to reality by Cecily Strong as Huma Abedin. She was told that there was no Val and that the bartender was just in her imagination. "She was real. And smart, and really nice in person," McKinnon insisted. Then she found the shoe.
Clinton was also on the show to introduce the first performance of Miley Cyrus.
