To promote his Monday night special glorifying late-night comedians bashing Trump, CNN’s Brian Stelter closed out his Sunday show by showing off his giddy interview with Trump impersonator Anthony Atamanuik. Stelter was like a kid in a candy store as he laughed along with his guest as they joked about Trump’s speech patterns and mocked him for being out of shape. All during a show that’s supposed to be “about how the media really works and how the news gets made.”
Stelter began the segment by touting how Trump’s impersonators have a unique view of the man he’s called a dictator. “Impersonating President Trump is a unique assignment for all of these comedians, you know comics learn a lot about the person they're playing,” he said before admitted that he and Atamanuik visited Trump’s childhood home together.
As the taped interview started, Stelter questioned why Atamanuik wasn’t in the Trump getup for his Comedy Central show. “Well it takes two hours to get into the makeup, so that’s why. No, I try to stay out of that suit and face as much as possible,” the comedian responded, drawing a hearty laugh from the CNN journalist.
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