Last week, President-elect Donald Trump ripped "Saturday Night Live" on Twitter, calling the sketch comedy show "one-sided" and "biased."
One cast member says he has a point.
Michael Che, who hosts the show's "Weekend Update" segment, told Esquire magazine that despite trying to remain balanced and take on both sides, the show has seemed to shift leftward.
"Oddly, I agree with him," Che said. "We try to write that way. But I do agree with him. I think the show should show all views and we make a conscious effort to do so."
Che referred to a recent sketch involving liberals in denial over Trump's election wanting to move into a "bubble" protecting their progressive ideas from other forms of thinking.
"That was a great sketch poking fun at ultra-liberals," Che said.
"SNL" has done a number of skits during the election campaign that have hit the left. In one, the host of "Black Jeopardy" is surprised that a white Trump support has a lot in common with the other black contestants. In another, white New York liberals melt down on election night as it becomes clear Trump is going to win.
But with an election that was as polarizing as the one we just went through, Che said both Democrats and Republicans have backed into their own corners and no longer have any desire to find the middle ground.
"It's very tribal in America, especially now," the comedian said. "So if you're a liberal, you're liberal about everything. You have your mind made up before you've even heard the details, you know? When you read the headline, you already know the story."
"If you're conservative, it's the same thing," Che said. "That's why this election was so polarizing. Nobody was saying, 'Both of them have things I like, but I'm considering one over the other.' It's always, 'I hate this guy.' Or, 'I hate this lady.' It was split. So with big, heavy issues, they have their minds made up and they're angry about it because they think if you give up one thing you're giving up everything."
