Jon Lovitz ‘blown away’ by Trump’s reference to ‘SNL’ character

WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) — Comedian Jon Lovitz said on Twitter Wednesday that he was “blown away” by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump invoking one of his “Saturday Night Live” characters at a press conference earlier in the day.

Trump compared Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager, Robby Mook, to Tommy Flanagan, a pathological liar once played by Lovitz on the sketch comedy show.

Mook had suggested Russia was responsible for hacking the Democratic National Committee’s emails in order to help Trump.

“He reminded me of Jon Lovitz for ‘Saturday Night Live’ in the liar, where he'd go, ‘Yes, yes, I went to Harvard, Harvard, yes, yes,’” Trump said Wednesday. “This is the guy, you have to see it. ‘Yes, it could be Trump, yes, yes.’ So it is so farfetched. It's so ridiculous.”

“This just happened! I'm blown away!!!!” Lovitz tweeted soon afterward.

The actor has been critical of Hillary Clinton and President Obama in the past.

He praised Trump at a standup appearance last month, saying people support the candidate because he says what he means and means what he says.

“He’s not being honest. He’s a New Yorker,” Lovitz joked.

Lovitz is scheduled to appear on the next season of "Celebrity Apprentice," Trump's NBC reality series, which will now be hosted byArnold Schwarzenegger.