--- title: Watch: Melissa McCarthy returning as Sean Spicer to SNL description: The actress will host Saturday’s episode, (finally!) bringing her into the fold of the coveted Five-Timers Club. canonical: https://time.com/4774711/melissa-mccarthy-saturday-night-live-sean-spicer-snl/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-10T19:41:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:01:55.363Z og:title: Spicey's Back. 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It seems [Melissa McCarthy](http://ew.com/movies/2017/05/02/melissa-mccarthy-happytime-murders/) will once again reprise [her Sean Spicer impersonation](http://ew.com/tv/2017/04/16/snl-melissa-mccarthy-sean-spicer-easter/) for this weekend’s _Saturday Night Live_, as shown through her _West Side Story_ lip sync in the latest promo. The actor will host Saturday’s episode, ([finally](http://ew.com/recap/saturday-night-live-season-41-episode-13/)!) bringing her into the fold of the coveted Five-Timers Club. In the video, released Wednesday, she’s seen mouthing “I Feel Pretty” and dancing around Studio 8H, while she gets into character as the White House press secretary. Saturday also marks [the third in a string of episodes airing live across the nation](http://ew.com/tv/2017/03/16/snl-live-nationwide-hosts/)in all time zones. [Jimmy Fallon](http://ew.com/tv/2017/04/16/jimmy-fallon-snl-john-travolta-impressions/) and [Chris Pine](http://ew.com/tv/2017/05/07/snl-chris-pine-opening-monologue/) kicked things off, and now it’s McCarthy’s turn at the plate. The _Ghostbusters_ star will be joined by musical guest HAIM. The penultimate episode of season 42 sets the stage for Dwayne Johnson’s Five-Timers Club-making appearance on the May 20 finale. [He’ll be joined by Katy Perry](http://ew.com/music/2017/04/26/haim-katy-perry-musical-guests-snl/). Watch the latest promo for this weekend below. _This_ [_article_](http://ew.com/tv/2017/05/10/melissa-mccarthy-sean-spicer-snl-promo/) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://ew.com) ## Transcript [ LAUGH ] Guys, slow your roll. [ SOUND ] You better run, you don't even have a chance. [ SOUND ] He says it's a ban. He's using the words that the media's using. It's not a ban. I'm sorry. It's not a ban. The travel ban is not a ban which makes it not a ban. But you just called it a ban. Because I'm using your words. Is he confused or are you confused? No, I'm not confused. I think that the words that are being used to describe it are derived from what the media is calling this. He's using your words when you use the words and he uses them back. That truly, that clearly is a betrayal of what she's- Define the word. I'm not gonna define the word, Glen. Yeah, [ LAUGH ] You had to have known that I would ask that question. Okay, sit down Glenn. Just by a show of hands, who here hates Glenn? [ LAUGH ] RIght. Everybody. One, two, three, infinity. He told him he has their back and they were grateful for that. They gave him a five minute standing ovation at the end. The crowd greeted him with a standing ovation. [ LAUGH ] Which lasted a full 10 minutes! [ LAUGH ] And you can shut the tape on that. Everyone was smiling. The statement was written with the help of an individual who's about Jewish and the descendants of holocaust survivors. First of all, how could the statement, the statement be anti submitted? The guy who wrote it was super Jewish. You know he mentioned Chicago. Their murder rate's up 45, 50 %. The murder rate is over 80 %. 80 % of the people in Chicago have been murdered and are dead! [ LAUGH ] I think this was less about his family business and an attack on his daughter. Now that's Nordstrom's loss. [ LAUGH ] Because these are high, high quality products. In fact, I'm wearing one of her bangles right now. [ LAUGH ] It's beautiful, it's shimmery, it's elegant, and at $ 39. 99, it's unbelievably affordable. [ APPLAUSE ] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4774711/melissa-mccarthy-saturday-night-live-sean-spicer-snl/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4774711/melissa-mccarthy-saturday-night-live-sean-spicer-snl/"},"headline":"Spicey's Back. 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