Cecily Strong Returns to ‘SNL’ to Revive Jeanine Pirro Impersonation in Surprise Appearance
- Cecily Strong returned to Saturday Night Live on May 10, 2024, making a cameo in the cold open of the NBC episode.
- Strong left the show in December 2022 and reappeared as Fox News star Jeanine Pirro, following Trump’s appointment of Pirro as U.S. Attorney for D.C.
- The cold open featured James Austin Johnson impersonating Donald Trump, with Austin Butler guest-hosting and serenading Strong as Elvis Presley.
- Trump called Pirro "one of the loudest people," and the live audience whooped as Strong reprised her familiar Pirro impersonation.
- Strong expressed pride in the SNL cast and said, "I am ready to go, but I'll always know home is here," signaling a warm return.
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James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump and Cecily Strong as Jeanine Pirro on "Saturday Night Live."NBC"Saturday Night Live" alum Cecily Strong returned to the show to play Jeanine Pirro this week.President Donald Trump recently named Pirro as interim US Attorney for Washington, D.C.James Austin Johnson's Trump said in the sketch that Pirro has the "most important quality I look for in a lawyer — she's on TV."The latest episode of "Saturday Night L…
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