Trump calls Madonna “disgusting”
Donald Trump has labeled Madonna “disgusting” and called Saturday Night Live a “disgrace” after one of its writers targeted his 10-year-old son Barron, the Daily Mail reports.
The president sat down with Fox’s Sean Hannity on Thursday to appear on his namesake show, his second interview since taking office last Friday.
He blasted NBC’s Saturday Night Live and a ‘terrible’ attack by one of its writers who said his 10-year-old son Barron would become the “country’s first homeschool shooter”.
Urged for his view by Hannity who commended Barron as a ‘wonderful, smart, charming kid’, President Trump said it was ‘terrible’ he’d been subject to attack.
“Saturday Night Live, a person from Saturday Night Live was terrible.
“I don’t mind some humor but it’s terrible. For them to attack, for NBC to attack my 10-year-old son…it’s a disgrace. He’s a great boy. And it’s not an easy thing for him. Believe me.”
Writer Katie Rich was admonished for her tweet last week that Barron would become America’s ‘first homeschool shooter’.
She has since apologized and been suspended by the show. Neither NBC nor Saturday Night Live condoned her comments. Neither has given a public comment on them.
For months, Saturday Night Live has made President Trump the subject of its sketches starring Alec Baldwin who ridicules him mercilessly.
Giving his assessment of the actor, the president said he wasn’t just unfunny but a “disaster”. “He’s terrible on the show,” he said.
He also addressed Madonna and a spate of celebrities who took part in protests against him held across the country last weekend.
At a Washington DC march, Madonna told crowds she’d considered ‘”blowing up the White House”.
“Honestly, she’s disgusting. I think she hurt herself very badly. I think she hurt that whole cause,” President Trump said of the singer’s unhinged outburst.
“I thought her and a couple of others. But I thought she was in particular, I thought what she said was disgraceful to our country.”
Trump’s wrath wasn’t solely reserved for the stars.
He also blasted congressional “obstructionists” who were blocking his cabinet confirmations and leaking details of meetings to the press, namely his comment on Monday during a “confidential” get-together that he still believed illegal immigrants cost him the popular vote.
