“Saturday Night Live” (SNL) parodied former President Donald Trump's sneaker launch in a movie trailer sketch.
SNL guest host, comedian and actor Shane Gillis gets a knockoff of President Trump's now-famous gold high-tops in the trailer for “White Men Can Be Trump,” and thanks to He gained the power to persuade people by saying anything, including claiming he was Trump. He makes baskets even when he misses the net.
“Did those Trump shoes make you better at basketball?” one character asks the sketch's protagonist.
“No, they gave me the authority to say I'm good at basketball, and I'm going to double down on that until people actually start believing it,” Gillis responded.
According to the skit's narrator, Gillis' character, Gordon Dwyer, realized “victory is a state of mind” the moment he stepped into Trump's shoes. The former president unveiled the shoe at Philadelphia's Sneaker Con on February 17th, and it was initially priced at $399 online, but it has since sold out.
And in “The Magic Sneaker Movie for White People,'' Gillis' character transforms into a Trump-like character, adopting the Republican presidential front-runner's iconic blonde hair and gruff demeanor. (Related: 'Oh my God, it's her': Nikki Haley guest stars on 'SNL')
In a scene in the trailer, Gillis, who resembles Trump, steps on the scale and reads 254.6 pounds, which is then revised to 170.0 pounds, because Dwyer's character is “who he says he is.” is. A trailer for the fake movie, created by the writers of the parody shows Newsmax Studios and Like Mike, shows a Trump-like Gillis posing with a woman played by SNL star Sarah Sherman after a session of “amazing sex” He was also shown lying on the bed. ” Meanwhile, she was convinced by Dwyer that she had a “big O.”
Gillis last appeared on SNL in 2019, after a short stint on the comedy show was cut short due to controversy over insensitive language. according to to the Hollywood Reporter. SNL cut ties with Gillis after a video surfaced in 2018 of the comedian saying racial slurs on “Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast.”
