--- title: Watch Mario Cantone as Anthony Scaramucci Kiss Trump VIDEO description: Actor Mario Cantone tackled the persona of Anthony Scaramucci on parody show 'The President Show' — but had to say goodbye in style. canonical: https://time.com/4887494/mario-cantone-scaramucci/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-04T15:23:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:28.719Z og:title: Watch Mario Cantone's Scaramucci Kiss 'Trump' Goodbye og:description: 'The President Show' bids a loving farewell to the Mooch og:url: https://time.com/4887494/mario-cantone-scaramucci/ 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: Watch Mario Cantone's Scaramucci Kiss 'Trump' Goodbye twitter:description: 'The President Show' bids a loving farewell to the Mooch twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Mario Cantone's Anthony Scaramucci Kiss 'Trump' Goodbye on _The President Show_ > Sponsored content. 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White House communication chief Anthony Scaramucci, the foul-mouthed hedge fund executive who joined President Trump’s West Wing inner circle only last week, is out_  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 4, 2017 3:23 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 4, 2017 3:23 PM UTC Actor [Mario Cantone](http://time.com/4878388/mario-cantone-anthony-scaramucci-impression/) may be best known as Charlotte York’s eccentric interior decorator and wedding planner from seminal favorite [_Sex and the City_](http://time.com/4846970/candace-bushnell-on-carrie-big/), but he’s got a new splashy character to play, even though his story arc was ultimately short-lived. Cantone took on the role of former White House communications direction [Anthony Scaramucci](http://time.com/4886663/anthony-scaramucci-sandwich-troll/) for a run in the Comedy Central late night show _The President Show_ — and committed wholly to the scandal-courting politician’s demeanor. “Do I really have to go? Now that our love is so new?” Cantone-as-Mooch simpered to the Trump character (Anthony Atamanuik), reflecting Scaramucci’s own [ten-day-turnaround](http://time.com/4882190/harvard-anthony-scaramucci/) on the job. “I’m sorry but, Kelly says you gotta. For real this time,” the actor playing Trump replied sadly. “At least now I can go see my wife and newborn son,” Cantone joked. “Nah, I’m not gonna do that,” he added, to laughter. “But there is one more thing before I go. It’s an old Italian expression. You know what it is.” Then Cantone and his presidential counterpart made good on the name “Mooch” once and for all with an epic smooch. Watch the comic duo get every last bit of humor out of a wild week in the White House, above. ## Transcript [00:00] The President certainly felt that Anthony's comments [00:04] were inappropriate for a person in that position. He [00:09] didn't want to burden General Kelly also [00:13] with that On his succession as I think we've made clear [00:17] a few times over the course of the last couple of days [00:19] to several of you individually. 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