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Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRead more<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nGina Gershon has explained why she stopped doing her viral impressions of America\u2019s first lady, Melania Trump. <\/p>\n
The Showgirls<\/em> actor, 63, debuted her uncanny likeness to the wife of US president, Donald Trump, in 2016 for Funny or Die<\/em>. She reprised the role in 2018 on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and<\/em> then<\/em> took the impression to the stage in the satirical Off-Broadway musical, The 1st Annual Trump Family Special<\/em>. <\/p>\nTrump served in the White House between 2017 and 2021 before being re-elected in the 2024 US elections. He was mocked and satirised throughout his time in office as well as during and after his re-election.<\/p>\n
But Gershon has said she believes lampooning the Trump family is no longer funny.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey just started making me feel nauseous,\u201d she told The Independent<\/em>. \u201cAll of a sudden it wasn\u2019t fun, because [the Trumps] weren\u2019t going away. Like, it was funny, but it\u2019s just not funny any more.\u201d <\/p>\nThe actor explained that she had held hope that Melania would divorce her husband. <\/p>\n
\u201cI had such high hopes \u2013 I thought, as soon as he was out of [the White House], she was going to be gone. And she hasn\u2019t left.\u201d<\/p>\n
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open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>Gershon says the jokes are \u2018no longer funny\u2019 (Getty)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nThe actor was due to star as Melania in a film by South Park<\/em> creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, which she described as a deepfake comedy that satirised the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\u201cIt was going to be the funniest movie ever,\u201d she said of the project, which was due to start filming before Covid. \u201cBut then the pandemic showed up and we had to shut down filming. And by the time we were able to film again, I think everyone was so sick of hearing about Trump that [Matt and Trey] decided to move on.\u201d<\/p>\n
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open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>Gershon as Melania Trump (YouTube\/The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nGershon is currently starring in High Rollers<\/em> alongside John Travolta. The film, directed by Cash Out <\/em>creator Randall Emmett, follows Gershon as Amelia Decker and Travolta as Mason Goddard, who must pull off a casino heist after his enemy kidnaps his lover. <\/p>\nThe actor\u2019s next project is Bound,<\/em> a film she was warned could \u201cruin\u201d her career \u2013\u00a0a development that made her \u201cleave those agents\u201d.<\/p>\nGerhson previously left another team of agents after they clashed with her decision to turn down a Friday the 13th sequel. <\/p>\n
\u201cI do think my career would have been much easier if I\u2019d had agents that really got me. I\u2019ve had to go through several different ones, because I just don\u2019t want to spend time playing characters I\u2019m not invested in. It would have been nice if we were all on the same page, but at the end of the day, it\u2019s my book, and it\u2019s my story.\u201d<\/p>\n
High Rollers<\/em> is in cinemas now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it. Your support makes all the difference. Read more Gina Gershon has explained why she stopped doing her viral impressions of America\u2019s first lady, Melania Trump. The Showgirls actor, 63, debuted her uncanny likeness to the wife of US president, Donald Trump, in 2016 for Funny or Die. She reprised the role in 2018 on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and then took the impression to the stage in the satirical Off-Broadway musical, The 1st Annual Trump Family Special. Trump served in the White House between 2017 and 2021 before being re-elected in the 2024 US elections. He was mocked and satirised throughout his time in office as well as during and after his re-election. But Gershon has said she believes lampooning the Trump family is no longer funny. \u201cThey just started making me feel nauseous,\u201d she told The Independent. \u201cAll of a sudden it wasn\u2019t fun, because [the Trumps] weren\u2019t going away. Like, it was funny, but it\u2019s just not funny any more.\u201d The actor explained that she had held hope that Melania would divorce her husband. \u201cI had such high hopes \u2013 I thought, a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}