--- title: Rosie O'Donnell Wants to Play Steve Bannon on SNL description: Rosie O'Donnell would like Saturday Night Live to know that she's ready and willing to play Steve Bannon for them if duty calls. canonical: https://time.com/4662768/rosie-odonnell-steve-bannon-snl/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-07T18:33:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:40:54.370Z og:title: Rosie O'Donnell Is 'Available' to Play Steve Bannon on 'SNL' og:description: "So if called — I will be ready" og:url: https://time.com/4662768/rosie-odonnell-steve-bannon-snl/ 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: Rosie O'Donnell Is 'Available' to Play Steve Bannon on 'SNL' twitter:description: "So if called — I will be ready" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Rosie O'Donnell Says She's 'Available' to Play Steve Bannon on _Saturday Night Live_ > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 7, 2017 6:33 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 7, 2017 6:33 PM UTC With [Alec Baldwin playing Donald Trump](http://time.com/4660557/alec-baldwin-donald-trump-saturday-night-live-steven-bannon/) and now [Melissa McCarthy portraying White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer](http://time.com/4661057/sean-spicer-melissa-mccarthy-snl/), _Saturday Night Live_ has landed some truly memorable celebrity cameos for their political sketches. If they’re in the market for another high-profile comedic turn in the future, however, Rosie O’Donnell is volunteering as tribute. Following [a _Politico_ report](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/melissa-mccarthy-sean-spicer-234715) on the White House’s alleged response to this week’s _SNL_ parodies, people on the internet started dreamcasting the White House roles, with one interesting idea: casting Rosie O’Donnell as Steve Bannon. O’Donnell for her part, is ready and willing to step up to the role if duty calls. The actor, [a long-time foe of Trump](http://time.com/4509451/madonna-rosie-odonnell-donald-trump/), responded on Twitter to fans who suggested that she take on a Bannon parody on Monday, writing that she was “available — if called, I will serve!” > [](https://twitter.com/Rosie/status/828820454647427073) > [](https://twitter.com/Rosie/status/828792995591888896) The actress later reminded fans that this was just an idea and that nothing was definite. > [](https://twitter.com/Rosie/status/828985998314971136) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4662768/rosie-odonnell-steve-bannon-snl/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4662768/rosie-odonnell-steve-bannon-snl/"},"headline":"Rosie O'Donnell Says She's 'Available' to Play Steve Bannon on Saturday Night Live","datePublished":"2017-02-07T18:33:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:40:54.370Z","description":"\"So if called — I will be ready\"","url":"https://time.com/4662768/rosie-odonnell-steve-bannon-snl/","keywords":["Newsfeed","SNL","Saturday Night Live","twitter","entertainment","celebrity","Culture","steve bannon"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4662768/rosie-odonnell-steve-bannon-snl/","name":"Rosie O'Donnell Says She's 'Available' to Play Steve Bannon on Saturday Night Live"}}]}] ```