'Saturday Night Live' parodied Ted Cruz apologizing for his Cancun trip on a 'Britney Spears' talk show
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Darcy Schild
Feb 21, 2021, 21:16 IST
Aidy Bryant and Chloe Fineman on "Saturday Night Live" on February 20.Will Heath/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
"Saturday Night Live" parodied Texas Sen. Ted Cruz returning from his Cancun vacation.
Aidy Bryant starred as Cruz on a "talk show" hosted by Britney Spears, played by Chloe Fineman.
Pete Davidson also appeared on Spears' fictional show as New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
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The latest episode of "Saturday Night Live" saw Aidy Bryant as Republication Sen. of Texas Ted Cruz. Bryant sported a "Cancun Family Vacation 2021" t-shirt and held a piña colada while apologizing for the poorly timed Mexico vacation.
The host then welcomed Bryant as Cruz, who entered the stage with a rolling suitcase in one hand and a tropical drink in the other.
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Cruz sat on the talk-show couch and said that his trip to Cancun landed him "in a little bit of hot water - which I'm told no one in Texas has."
"I deeply regret my actions over the last couple days - mostly flying United," Bryant continued as the senator. "I'm sorry. I'm pretty bad at human stuff."
Fineman asked if the senator character understood why he was being called a coward. Bryant then said that he at least had the courage to blame his daughters for the vacation.
"The whole trip was the girls' idea!" Bryant as Cruz said.
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Later in the "SNL" skit, Pete Davidson starred as New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who was accosted by Fineman's Spears character for the state's handling of tracking nursing home deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic.
As The New York Times reported, Cuomo last week admitted some fault in his administration's withholding the number of people who died from COVID-19 in nursing homes in New York state but stopped short of a full apology.
In the skit, Bryant's Cruz attempted to console Davidson's Cuomo character.
"Hey, I get it. Me and you, we're both kind of in the same thing. We're both strong, misunderstood men," Bryant said as Cruz.
"Do not associate yourself with me," Davidson said. "We are not the same."
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