Brad Pitt plays Anthony Fauci on 'Saturday Night Live,' takes aim at Trump

Source: The Hill | April 26, 2020 | Justin Wise

Brad Pitt impersonated Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, in the latest episode of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live at Home,” using the opportunity to call out a series of President Trump’s statements about the coronavirus pandemic.

Pitt, whom Fauci previously mentioned as his pick to portray him in a “Saturday Night Live” skit, opened the show by noting that “there’s been a lot of misinformation out there about the virus.”

“And yes, the president has taken some liberties with our guidelines. So tonight I would like to explain what the president was trying to say,” Pitt’s Fauci said before rolling a series of clips, including Trump’s comments about testing and treatment options.

After a clip showed Trump saying that a vaccine would be produced “relatively soon,” Pitt’s Fauci said, “Relatively soon is an interesting phrase.”

“Relative to the entire history of Earth? Sure, the vaccine is going to come real fast,” Pitt’s Fauci said. “But if you were going to tell a friend, ‘I’ll be over relatively soon’ and then showed up a year and a half later, well, your friend may be relatively pissed off.”

The next clip showed Trump saying the virus would “disappear” and that it would be “like a miracle.”

“A miracle would be great!” Pitt’s Fauci quipped. “Who doesn’t love miracles? But miracles shouldn’t be plan A.”

“Even [Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger] tried to land at the airport first,” he added, referencing the pilot who safely landed a commercial plane in the Hudson River.

Pitt’s Fauci then went on to call out Trump’s early rhetoric about testing availability. In response to Trump saying almost everyone can get a test, Pitt’s Fauci said, “What he meant was almost no one.”

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