{"id":4329,"date":"2026-06-02T10:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T10:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/mayor-mamdanis-pals-continue-to-try-and-get-him-on-snl\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T10:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T10:24:11","slug":"mayor-mamdanis-pals-continue-to-try-and-get-him-on-snl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/mayor-mamdanis-pals-continue-to-try-and-get-him-on-snl\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Mamdani&#8217;s pals continue to try and get him on &#8216;SNL&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F129440579.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani hasn\u2019t given up his dream to appear on \u201cSaturday Night Live.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Now we are hearing that after being rebuffed, Mamdani\u2019s circle is still lobbying, but they are using a different approach \u2014 with close pals and confidants putting in a good word with Michaels. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIts a whisper campaign,\u201d says our source. \u201cMamdani\u00a0isn\u2019t asking directly, its more clandestine. People who know the Mayor are mentioning it to Lorne and others at NBC.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is hoping to appear on the iconic sketch comedy show. <span class=\"credit\">Robert Miller for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Comedian Ramy Youssef appeared as Mamdani while hosting \u201cSNL.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Will Heath\/NBC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>We\u2019re told Hizzoner\u2019s \u201clifelong dream is to be on \u2018SNL.&#8217;\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps he should have stuck with his rap career as\u00a0Mr. Cardamom,\u00a0though we are not sure how well his lyrics<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/21\/us-news\/socialist-nyc-mayoral-candidate-zohran-mamdani-once-rapped-about-his-love-for-hamas-teror-funding-group-holy-land-five\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0praising convicted<\/a>\u00a0terror-funding group the Holy Land Five would go over with televisions Standards and Practices.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0A rep for SNL tells us \u201cThis is not true. Nothing has come our way.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A source close to Mamdani tells us\u00a0\u201cthat there has been no formal ask made.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The show is currently on summer hiatus until late September or October.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Paul McCartney, Will Ferrell and Marcello Hernandez appear on \u201cSNL.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Rosalind O&#8217;Connor\/NBC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The role went to Ramy Youssef, who portrayed the democratic socialist during an election sketch on Nov. 1, 2025, alongside Miles Teller as Democrat Andrew Cuomo and Shane Gillis as Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani took so much joy in the impersonation, he posted clips and video of himself laughing with Yussef on\u00a0FaceTime while the comic was still in costume.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLive from New York\u2019 I got roasted by,\u201d Mamdani posted on his social media.<\/p>\n<p>A source told us at the time that Michaels was open to meeting the mayor, just off the air.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Mayor Zohran Mamdani wouldn\u2019t be the first politician on \u201cSNL\u201d if he\u2019s featured. <span class=\"credit\">Matthew McDermott for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cLorne is happy to meet with Mayor Mamdani,\u201d a source close to the SNL big told us.t <\/p>\n<p>Several politicians have been on the show in the past including\u00a0NYC mayor Ed Koch and former mayor Rudy Giuliani. Donald Trump hosted twice and Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton made cameos.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A new FCC Equal Time Rule \u2014 which requires broadcast stations to give equal opportunities to candidates for the same office  \u2014 could make it harder for the show to have politicians on.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/02\/society\/mayor-mamdanis-pals-continue-to-try-and-get-him-on-snl\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani hasn\u2019t given up his dream to appear on \u201cSaturday Night Live.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/129440579.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}