Katie Zacharia makes outrageous pick for actress to play her on Saturday Night Live
Katie Zacharia makes outrageous pick for actress to play her on Saturday Night Live
Connor McCrory Fri, October 16, 2026 at 5:37 PM UTC
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Katie Zacharia picked Scarlett Johansson to portray her on Saturday Night Live -Credit:Getty Images (Getty Images)
New White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia has a Hollywood star in mind for her Saturday Night Live counterpart.
During an interview with conservative commentator Jack Posobiec, President Donald Trump’s new spokeswoman entertained the prospect of becoming material for the NBC sketch comedy show after her first briefing drew scrutiny. "Saturday Night Live, you know they're going to be coming," Posobiec said. "You know this Saturday they're probably going to be doing something."
The 41-year-old then shared her pick, revealing the name of the Hollywood bombshell who she could see spoofing her on SNL.
It comes after Zacharia wiped photos of herself wearing a bikini from social media after her poor start to the press secretary job.
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He then asked, "Who would you like to have play you on Saturday Night Live?"
Zacharia considered who might portray her as the conversation turned to the possibility of a sketch featuring the newly appointed White House spokeswoman. She answered, "Maybe a Scarlett Johansson type character," revealing her pick as the actress and wife of SNL cast member, Colin Jost.
Posobiec seemed to welcome the suggestion, saying "I could see that because she's on there a lot." Scarlett has hosted the live sketch comedy show seven times throughout her career. Zacharia agreed, "Yeah, I could see that."
Saturday Night Live is known for its opening sketches that often spoof recent happenings in Washington, D.C., with James Austin Johnson portraying Trump, as Ashley Padilla debuted her spoof of former White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt in November 2025.
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Zacharia said she would pick Scarlett Johansson to play her on SNL -Credit:AFP/Getty Images
The exchange offered a lighter moment during a week dominated by questions about Zacharia’s professional background and her self-description as a lawyer.
In the same Thursday interview on Real America’s Voice, she discussed taking the bar exam before moving to China in 2011, after graduating from Pepperdine University.
"I didn't want to withdraw from that," Zacharia said of the exam. "And we knew we would be moving out to China, and I was obviously incredibly distracted and overwhelmed and excited for finally being married to someone who I had been long-distance from for at least a year."
She said she decided to take the test and "see what happens."
"The results are somewhat inconsequential because I knew I wouldn't need the bar in China, and we left shortly thereafter," said Zacharia.
The Wall Street Journal reported that she failed California’s bar exam. Business Insider said its review of records across all 50 states and the District of Columbia found no evidence she had been admitted to practice law in the United States.
She said she decided to take the test and "see what happens." -Credit:AFP via Getty Images
Zacharia said she subsequently worked in the international practice division of Beijing’s Zhong Lun law firm, handling shareholder agreements and cross-border transactions. She said she never retook the exam after returning to the United States and starting a family.
Zacharia defended her public descriptions of her experience, saying she consulted legal professionals about calling herself a lawyer.
"It's unfortunate that people dub this as some kind of conspiracy," she said. "The truth is, I was very careful how I executed this, and I never came across as someone who was an attorney at law."
Meanwhile, Zacharia broke her silence on 'fake lawyer claims' after her disaster briefing.
Source: “AOL Entertainment”
