Trump’s New Press Secretary Reveals Her Fantasy ‘SNL’ Casting

Kevin Lamarque / REUTERS Donald Trump’s new White House press secretary has an ambitious ask for who will play her on Saturday Night Live.

In an interview on right-wing Real America’s News with Jack Posobiec on Thursday, Katie Zacharia, 41, suggested a BAFTA and Tony-award-winning actress should step into her shoes.

“I know it’s coming.

I think, who would I like to have play me?” Zacharia told Posobiec, before replying: “Maybe a Scarlett Johansson type character.” “I could see that,” Posobiec replied, “She’s on there a lot, I could see that.” Johansson, 41, is the wife of SNL’s co-head writer and Weekend update host Colin Jost.

They met when Johansson was hosting the long-running comedy sketch show and have been together since May 2017, marrying in 2020.

Johansson has hosted SNL seven times, the only woman to have hosted so frequently.

She first hosted in 2006, and has also made numerous cameos on the show over the years.

She has hosted more times than former cast regular Tina Fey and Drew Barrymore, another former child star.

Zacharia shot into the spotlight this week after Donald Trump announced he had chosen her to be his new press secretary on Oct.

9.

She replaces Karoline Leavitt, who left the White House in Late August after having her second child in May.

Zacharia’s first press conference on Oct.

13 was dominated by awkward blunders.

She accidentally referred to the president as her husband, and stumbled through her talking points.