Melissa McCarthy is taking advertising to the next level by driving around New York City on a mobile version of White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer's podium.
The actress, who will host "Saturday Night Live" this weekend, was spotted cruising the streets of Midtown in her complete Spicer getup. CNN's Brian Stelter tweeted that McCarthy was filming outside of the network's headquarters Friday morning, May 12.
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McCarthy's first time around portraying Spicer on SNL came in early February, and was revered by critics and thrust the press secretary into the mainstream spotlight. The actress caricatured Spicer as an angry, over-the-top concealer of the truth while attacking reporters with his stand.
While President Donald Trump was reportedly more upset with Spicer being played by a woman and not the mockery of his administration's relationship with the press, Spicer shrugged the skit off by saying McCarthy should slow down on the gum chewing.
McCarthy will host the show as it still shifts to being broadcast live nationwide on Saturday, May 13. This will be the fifth time she has hosted the sketch comedy show.
No telling what McCarthy and SNL has planned for the content of the weekend's skits as the press secretary definitely gave them enough fresh source material to work with.
When former FBI Director James Comey's firing was accounted earlier in the week, Spicer hid in some bushes on White House grounds on Tuesday night to avoid reporters.
The Washington Post said Spicer "spent several minutes" hidden in bushes behind the media sets on the White House grounds. One of Spicer's assistants is said to have emerged and communicated to the press that the press secretary would answer questions as long as cameras and lights were off.
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"Spicer got his wish and was soon standing in near darkness between two tall hedges, with more than a dozen reporters closely gathered around him," the Washington Post's account of the incident reads.
"For 10 minutes, he responded to a flurry of questions, vacillating between light-hearted asides and clear frustration with getting the same questions over and over again."
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