NYC Politician Harvey Epstein Reacts To John Mulaney’s ‘SNL’ Parody Campaign Ad Aimed At His Unfortunate Name

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Veteran New York local politician Harvey Epstein was thrust into the national spotlight last night when NBC’s Saturday Night Live ran a mock ad for his City Council campaign spotlighting his name that combines the names of two convicted sex offenders, Harvey Weinstein and Jeffrey Epstein.

Host John Mulaney portrayed Epstein in the ad, which you can watch above, tackling the issue head-on. “Listen, is my name ideal?

Of course not,” he says to the camera. “I share names with two of the most notorious perverts of all time. You think I don’t know that?” He then repeatedly stresses that he is not related to any of his notorious namesakes as the distinction seems lost on voters who say in testimonials things like, “He’s got my vote, everyone deserves a second chance,” “It’s cool he knows a lot of famous people” and “He would be great for the economy.

Do I want him running our schools? Probably not.” Mulaney’s Epstein responds to each, getting more exasperated as he keeps reiterating he is “a different guy” who “loves your children, not in a creepy way.” The ad ends with a slogan, “Harvey Epstein for City Council.