Alec Baldwin

Alec Baldwin, who famously impersonated Trump on 'SNL' fired back at Schneider for criticizing the variety show he was on for years.

Baldwin complimented Schneider numerous times on his comedic talents. and then when Kate McKinnon went up there on Saturday Night Live in the cold opening, she started — dressed as Hillary Clinton — playing ‘Hallelujah,’ I literally prayed, ‘Please, have a joke at the end. Schneider said SNL stopped being funny when McKinnon sang Cohen’s “Hallelujah” after Clinton lost the presidential election in November 2016.

"I guess it must be an incredibly slow news cycle if we're talking about Rob Schneider's thoughts about Kate McKinnon playing Hillary Clinton so many years ...

He went on to suggest that in the Trump era “it’s tough for conservatives,” adding “My god it must be agony because you got this guy that’s taken over the party. Reflecting on the moment during the show in 2016 when Kate McKinnon as Hillary Clinton sang the song “Hallelujah,” Schneider said, “I literally prayed, ‘Please have a joke at the end. Baldwin explained that he is from “the school … and put you on the show?” Please don’t go down there.’ And there was no joke at the end, and I went, ‘It’s over. He continued, “We started that in 2017 …

He cited the sketch where Kate McKinnon is sitting at a piano singing “Hallelujah” as Hillary Clinton after the presidential candidate lost the 2016 election to ...

Recently, it was also announced that [ Melissa Villaseñor, Alex Moffat and Aristotle Athari are exiting ](https://www.cinemablend.com/television/snl-losing-3-more-stars-after-kate-mckinnon-and-pete-davidson-exits)and would no longer be on the show. [made her feel connected to the audience](https://www.cinemablend.com/television/saturday-night-live-alum-kate-mckinnon-reflects-on-the-sketches-that-made-her-feel-the-most-connected-to-the-audience). She spent many years working in local journalism across the country writing about art, news and sports. At the end of Season 47, the The 30 Rock actor then responded to those comments on his [Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch8N0H6MCy4/?hl=en)saying: He cited the sketch where Kate McKinnon is sitting at a piano singing “Hallelujah” as Hillary Clinton after the presidential candidate lost the 2016 election to Donald Trump.

“I guess it must be an incredibly slow news cycle if we're talking about Rob Schneider's thoughts about Kate McKinnon playing Hillary Clinton so many years ago, ...

“I divide it into thirds: A third of it’s good, a third of it’s so-so, and a third of it’s not very good. I love the institution that is ‘SNL.’ I’ve had a lot of fun with them,” Baldwin added. “I hear that these conservatives say that there’s a bias against them, and I think that’s unfortunate,” Baldwin continued in his missive. “There’s people that I know, and I won’t name them, who are conservatives, who are arch-conservatives … To Schneider’s criticism, Baldwin had this to say: “I made [Trump] a cartoon. “You’ve got to be careful when you criticize people for their judgment,” the “30 Rock” star went on.