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'SNL:' Alec Baldwin plays O'Reilly, Trump in same sketch

By Karen Butler
Hilaria and Alec Baldwin arrive on the red carpet at the "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" world premiere on March 1, 2016 in New York City. Baldwin played Fox News Channel personality Bill O'Reilly and President Donald Trump on this weekend's edition of "Saturday Night Live." File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
1 of 2 | Hilaria and Alec Baldwin arrive on the red carpet at the "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" world premiere on March 1, 2016 in New York City. Baldwin played Fox News Channel personality Bill O'Reilly and President Donald Trump on this weekend's edition of "Saturday Night Live." File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

April 9 (UPI) -- Alec Baldwin played Fox News Channel commentator and U.S. President Donald Trump in the same sketch on this weekend's edition of Saturday Night Live.

Baldwin was seen in a split-screen interview between the two conservative powerhouses.

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O'Reilly thanked Trump for supporting him this week after numerous advertisers pulled their commercials from his highly rated program The O'Reilly Factor due to sexual misconduct allegations against him, Entertainment Tonight noted.

However, Trump admitted he didn't know much about the claims against his longtime friend.

"I'm more familiar with this case than I am with, say, healthcare, but I didn't really look into it too much, no," Baldwin as Trump said. "I was busy being super presidential by bombing a bunch of [expletive.]"

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