Alec Baldwin hits back on Rob Schneider’s ‘SNL’ claims show is ‘over’

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recently slammed former cast member Kate McKinnon’s infamous impressions of Hillary Clinton — saying her work proved the show was “over.” Now Long Island native Baldwin, who has hosted the NBC sketch show 17 times, has issued a dismissive rebuttal to the comedian, 58, in a lengthy Instagram video Thursday.“I guess it must be an incredibly slow news cycle if we’re talking about Rob Schneider’s thoughts about Kate McKinnon playing Hillary Clinton so many years ago,” Baldwin noted on social media.“You’ve got to be careful when you criticize people for their judgment,” the “30 Rock” star went on. “And you turn around and pause for a moment and realize, well, that judgment of theirs led them to hire you once upon a time.” A post shared by Alec Baldwin (@alecbaldwininsta)Baldwin has portrayed former President Donald Trump on more than one occasion on the comedy series, and the “Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo” star had blasted him for the impression back in 2018.To Schneider’s criticism, Baldwin had this to say: “I made [Trump] a cartoon.

I wanted to take him to another level of madness.”Baldwin also said he can’t understand the political mindset of celebrities like Schneider. “I hear that these conservatives say that there’s a bias against them, and I think that’s unfortunate,” Baldwin continued in his missive. “There’s people that I know, and I won’t name them, who are conservatives, who are arch-conservatives … Trump is the only president in our country’s history who has served as president and was unchanged by the process. “It must be tough for the Rob Schneiders of the world.