Author: Jackie Strause / Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Dan Crenshaw shed some insight into how his surprise Saturday Night Live appearance came together on Monday morning.
“We were hesitant at first, we weren’t sure what the skit was going to look like,” the Republican from Texas explained on Today show. “But in the end, we decided to do it because what better platform than to give a united message for the country, talk about forgiveness and then talk about veterans?
”The Congressman-elect appeared on SNL over the weekend to accept an apology from castmember Pete Davidson live on the air. The week prior, Davidson had mocked Crenshaw’s appearance ahead of the midterm elections, where he went on to easily win his House race. Davidson had made a controversial joke about the eye patch Crenshaw wears — the former Navy SEAL lost an eye while serving in Afghanistan — and received instant backlash from both sides of the aisle.
When Crenshaw appeared next to Davidson at the “Weekend Update” desk on Saturday, he accepted Davidson’s apology, while also getting in a few of his own jabs at the SNL star’s expense. He then closed out his appearance with a message of unity to Americans on Veterans Day weekend.
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