Alec Baldwin confirms he will return to SNL as Donald Trump

LOS ANGELES — Alec Baldwin isn’t putting away the blonde wig and orange bronzer just yet.

The actor confirmed he will return to Saturday Night Live with his revered Donald Trump impression in the fall.

“Yeah, we’re going to fit that in. I think people have enjoyed it,” he told CNN. His busy schedule will keep his parody impersonations to a minimum though, with fans getting “a couple celery sticks” rather than a “whole meal”. In March, Baldwin mentioned he might not be back to Studio 8H for SNL at all because he didn’t know how much more the audience could take of it.

Trump himself isn’t necessarily a fan of Baldwin’s work, taking to Twitter to call his impersonation “unwatchable”.

Still, SNL can likely give a nod to Baldwin’s Trump along with Melissa McCarthy’s press secretary Sean Spicer for its most watched season in 23 years. In addition a guest role in a number of episodes, Baldwin hosted SNL for a record 17th time during its 42nd season.

Baldwin emphasised his decision to stick with the role is not out of necessity.

“You get a little bit older and you think, ‘Do I want to work right now?’ For me the question is not what do I want to do (it’s) do I want to do anything? Do I want to work? I don’t need to work,” he said. “Do I want to work or do I want to just take it easy and smell the roses or do something else? When I decide I want to go to work I look at what’s out there and pick something that’s the best that’s available to me.” VARIETY.COM/REUTERS