What to Expect From Bill Burr’s Postelection ‘Saturday Night Live’ Episode

Burr, who is currently on a stand-up tour and will join Kieran Culkin and Bob Odenkirk on Broadway for this spring’s revival of Glengarry Glen Ross, told The Hollywood Reporter in 2022 that he had no intention of softening any blows. “I didn’t ‘skate on the edge’ of anything,” he said. “I said exactly what I was thinking. [White women] go after these guys, going, ‘You were complicit!’ But weren’t you? Their complaining is louder than people that have it worse, and it’s so goddamn hilarious to me. ”

Elsewhere in the interview, Burr said that his political stance doesn’t excuse the Democratic Party from judgment. “As someone who considers himself liberal, it’s disappointing to see the left become how the right used to be when they went after the Dixie Chicks after they criticized George W. Bush,” he said. “There’s not a lot of people like that—most are just trying not to get in trouble—but there’s this small collection of lunatics—either on the right or the left, at any given moment—that cause hysteria.”

Since then, Burr has come out against outspoken Trump ally Elon Musk, but has continued to be critical of liberals as well. After his wife, Nia Renée Hill, was seen giving Trump the middle finger at a 2023 UFC event, Burr said on The Rich Eisen Show, “I love my wife; you know where you stand with [her]. The guy walked in the arena. Everybody cheered. She gave him the finger. Nobody got arrested. That’s why this country’s great. Everybody expressed themselves. Can we all be adults?”

In December 2023, prior to Joe Biden stepping down from the 2024 presidential race, Burr rejected the idea of either Biden or Trump leading the country. “I want somebody in their 40s, somebody that’s going to have to live with their decisions,” Burr told Jimmy Kimmel. “With any luck, they’ll both die of natural causes before the election and maybe we can get somebody that still has something to live for.”

That person did not prove to be Kamala Harris, who made a surprise appearance on last week’s episode of Saturday Night Live alongside her onscreen counterpart, Maya Rudolph. It remains to be seen if Rudolph will give Harris a earnest send-off on Saturday, as Kate McKinnon did for Hillary Clinton eight years ago. Or what Burr plans to do with an open mic during one of the first major episodes of TV after a second Trump victory.