Sean Spicer Responds to Melissa McCarthy’s Impression of Him
The former White House press secretary Sean Spicer broke his post-administration silence on Wednesday, joining Jimmy Kimmel for an interview. Unsurprisingly, Mr. Spicer didn’t exactly forswear his loyalty to President Trump. Mr. Spicer refused to back away from his old claims that members of the traditional news media are often untruthful, even after Mr. Kimmel asked: “Do you think that is a dangerous thing, to delegitimize the press for America?”
But when Mr. Kimmel asked whether the president’s constant tweeting had ever worn his patience thin, Mr. Spicer couldn’t help but laugh a little.
JIMMY KIMMEL: When the president would tweet, did you have an alert on your phone?
SEAN SPICER: Yes.
KIMMEL: Did he ever run a tweet by you before tweeting it?
SPICER: I don’t think so. Maybe once or twice.
KIMMEL: Did you ask him to? No, you didn’t. Did it ever wake you up in the middle of the night?
SPICER: I think there were times when you might have wanted to go to bed and you’d say, O.K., this is going to be a little longer night. Or you would get up and that was the first thing. But that was one of the president’s most effective tools on the campaign trail, and he continues to utilize it. So you were constantly kept on your toes. And I will tell you, there’s no one that’s working harder than him: When it comes to the hours of the day, he’s up late, he’s up early. And as a staffer you’re trying to get ahead of your boss.