Meghan McCain: 'SNL' parodies made me feel like 'laughing stock of the country'

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Meghan McCain says in a new interview that sketches performed on "Saturday Night Live" mocking her during her stint on ABC's "The View" made her feel like she was "the laughing stock of the country."

“'SNL' dunked on me, and it was not flattering or kind. And, by the way, they were pretty nice to the rest of the ['View'] cast, just not great to me." The sketch in question, which aired in the spring of 2019, mocked McCain's spats her "View" co-hosts, referring to the daughter of the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) as the "Princess of Arizona."

McCain said she is "aware of this, like, spoiled, entitled queen of nepotism persona that is out there," about her. "I feel like I have a pretty healthy sense of humor," she continued. "But I think if people knew what it has done to me mentally, emotionally, the toll it’s taken on me, the depression that has followed … just the dark spirals. I felt like for a while that I was just the laughing stock of the country.”

McCain said she was bullied and targeted by co-hosts because of her conservative political views. In a statement on Tuesday, ABC defended the culture on "The View," saying the show "has been a platform on air and behind the scenes for strong women," for 25 years.

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