--- title: Stephen Baldwin on Alec Baldwin's Donald Trump Impression description: While most Saturday Night Live fans have been loving the return of Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump, it appears he hasn't won his brother over. canonical: https://time.com/4538669/stephen-baldwin-alec-baldwin-on-donald-trump-impression/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-20T17:42:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:49.458Z og:title: Stephen Baldwin Isn't Laughing at Alec Baldwin's Trump Skits og:description: "I think it's getting a little too nasty" og:url: https://time.com/4538669/stephen-baldwin-alec-baldwin-on-donald-trump-impression/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Stephen Baldwin Isn't Laughing at Alec Baldwin's Trump Skits twitter:description: "I think it's getting a little too nasty" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Stephen Baldwin Doesn't Think Alec Baldwin's Donald Trump Impression Is a Laughing Matter > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 20, 2016 5:42 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 20, 2016 5:42 PM UTC This season, [Alec Baldwin’s _Saturday Night Live_](http://time.com/4533134/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-debate-saturday-night-live/) Donald Trump impression in the sketch show’s standard election spoofs has garnered fans, but it appears the _30 Rock_ alum hasn’t won everyone over — including his own brother. During an interview with [CBS News](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/stephen-baldwin-my-brother-alec-as-donald-trump-on-saturday-night-live-isnt-very-funny/) following Wednesday’s final presidential debate, Stephen Baldwin criticized his older brother’s impersonation of the GOP nominee. “He’s got the voice down very well,” he admitted, before adding, “I think it’s getting a little too nasty right now.” Stephen — who told [_The Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/stephen-baldwin-backs-donald-trump-912349) that he was backing Trump — then elaborated on his position, explaining that he doesn’t think the process should be made light of. “I don’t want to be a party pooper here, but I don’t think it’s very funny,” he said. “I don’t think there’s anything funny about this election. I think it’s very serious, very important. Young people, millennials, undecided voters, everybody’s got twenty days now to really start to do their homework and figure out who they think is going to lead this country in the direction it needs to be.” Watch the full clip below. 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