Paul Rudd Spoofs “Boring Gay Man” Pete Buttigieg on “SNL”
"I'm ready to work. See my exposed forearms?"
Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, as played by Saturday Night Live host Paul Rudd, made his first SNL appearance on last night's season finale, visiting The View.
"I heard when you grow up, you want to be president," says Leslie Jones as Whoopi Goldberg in the sketch.
"Well, I am grown up," Mayor Pete tells the adoring ladies. "I may only be 37 years old, but I do feel like I represent everyday Americans. I’m just a Harvard-educated, multilingual, war veteran, Rhodes scholar. I’m just like you."
Responding to a comment about his sexuality from Kate McKinnon as Joy Behar, who declares him her "nephew," he adds, "I do want to say that I wouldn’t be running for president if I didn’t believe America was ready to accept not only a gay man but a boring gay man in the public eye."
Before the sketch devolves into a lovefest for Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden, Beck Bennett joins the fun as Chasten, America's potential First Gentleman: "Wow, this is all so new to me," he says. "Usually I’m just home with the dogs."
Buttigieg officially announced his bid last month to become the youngest and first openly gay president of the United States.
The South Bend, Indiana mayor came out publicly as gay in an open letter printed in the South Bend Tribune in 2015, shortly before the Supreme Court's ruling on federal marriage equality.
He married his longtime partner, teacher Chasten Glezman, last summer, and has revealed they met on a dating app. During a January press conference, Buttigieg described his marriage as “the most important thing in my life.”
At the top of his presidential campaign announcement speech, Buttigieg thanked his husband, "my love" Chasten, "for giving me the strength to do this and the grounding to be myself as we go." Chasten later joined his husband at the podium, where they embraced and shared a kiss.
Time portentously named the Buttigiegs “First Family” on a recent cover.
Take a little time to enjoy the SNL sketch below.