Dana Carvey Admits Slipping Biden’s ‘Obvious’ Decline Into SNL Skits: ‘A Delicate Thing’

Comedian Dana Carvey has detailed how he slipped “obvious” signs that former President Joe Biden was “compromised mentally” into his satirical Saturday Night Live skits while the point remained “a delicate thing” that those “in the comedy world” did not want to “do anything” with.

Carvey was widely praised by both Democrats and Republicans for his portrayal of Biden during the last season of SNL. During the latest episode of his Fly On The Wall podcast, which he hosts alongside David Spade, actress Julie Bowen pressed him on his performances, adding that it was now clear Biden was “severely diminished.”

The host complimented the question, and said: “I knew that he was compromised mentally. I mean, it was obvious to me, but it was a delicate thing in the comedy world. There were a lot of people did not want to do anything that would kind of ding him in like an awkward way.”

“But it’s comedy!” the Modern Family star replied.

Carvey continued: “That’s it. That’s the key. If I can do Biden, if I can make Biden funny to everybody, then, then I am where I want to be. And then to make it funny, it had to be recognizable. And so there’s certain things I did not include in my package.”

Spade observed the hesitancy to hit Biden for his slip-ups: “I think it’s easier to make fun of him if he’s the president. If it’s just a 90-whatever-year-old man, just go look at this asshole. So once he’s president then he’s more fair game to say, but no one made fun of him forever.”

“Well, but they didn’t, but no one did,” Carvey agreed before launching into a slew of flawless Biden impressions and lines that he had “stacked.”

Carvey went on to say that Biden’s staff came to one of the parties and offered him a visit to the White House but “it never happened.”

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