From President Donald Trump to Press Secretary Sean Spicer, it seems nobody close to the White House has been safe from “Saturday Night Live” mockery.
Johansson, who hosted the NBC comedy show for the fifth time Saturday night, is pictured in the sketch walking into a room filled with gold fixtures and where champagne is being served to party guests. The tagline? ‘The fragrance for the woman who can stop all this. but won’t.’ .
The bit was a great fit with one of Alec Baldwin‘s now-iconic (and reportedly becoming scarce) impersonations, and highlighted some of Trump’s latest scandals: from his perceived relationship with Russian Federation; to his feud with NBC and its most recent The Apprentice host, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
People took to Twitter to criticize the show’s portrayal of Ivanka.
Scarlett Johansson portrays Ivanka Trump in a mock “Complicit” fragrance commercial.
Just when you think that the commercial couldn’t get much more scathing, it adds: “She’s loyal”. Oh, how we see her. Complicit‘.
The sketch sees a team of scientists debuting technology that translates a pet’s thoughts into words with Scarlett Johansson’s character, Helen, using her dog, Max, as the example.
“She doesn’t crave the spotlight, but, we see her”, we hear as Ivanka turns her gaze toward a full-length mirror to apply lipstick. Her branding has won her a lot of praise, but more recently, some backlash (and a product boycott) for continuing to support her father despite his problematic behavior towards women, from sexual harassment allegations to that Access Hollywood tape.
Playing Trump’s daughter Ivanka, who acts as a special adviser to her father, the star featured in a spoof perfume advert titled Complicit.
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner were spotted doing something odd outside of their Washington, D.C. home – leaving in separate vehicles at the same time.
Baldwin told “Extra” last week that he was thinking of ending the impression, and indicated to The Associated Press that he was considering ending it as well. Kenan Thompson played a commander during the sketch. There were a few on-the-nose lines – Trump arguing that the aliens are laughing at us, concerns that Trump has business dealings on the alien planet – but the only laugh came from Sasheer Zamata’s frustrated dismissal of Trump’s racism.