'I've got the pundette blues!' Cringeworthy video of Kellyanne Conway from 1998 shows the president's top advisor stumbling her way through a stand-up comedy routine, singing and wearing a red feather boa
- Kellyanne Conway, 50, is known now as Donald Trump's right-hand woman and White House advisor
- But in 1998, she tried her hand at stand-up comedy while she working as a pollster and 'pundette' in D.C. for a charity event
- In a recently uncovered C-SPAN video, Conway rambles through a 12-minute set before breaking out a red father boa and a song she wrote herself
- Comedian Kate McKinnon, known for impersonating Conway, did a Chicago-themed number mocking Conway's desire for fame on SNL just last weekend
'I've got the pundette blues, I've got the pundette blues,' Kellyanne Conway croons while performing stand-up comedy in D.C., wearing a big red feather boa.
'Lead story now is Saddam Hussein, and I don't know nothing about that! But they'll still invite me to chat. As long as I'm blonde and not too fat!' she warbles on.
The year is 1998, and Donald Trump's now campaign manager is unmarried and still has her real last name intact: Fitzpatrick.
A recently uncovered C-SPAN video shows Conway trying her hand at comedy in a 12-minute long set for 'D.C.'s Funniest Celebrity Charity Event', the footage tells us.
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A recently uncovered C-SPAN video shows Conway trying her hand at comedy in a 12-minute long set for 'D.C.'s Funniest Celebrity Charity Event'
Conway, who was working as a pollster and pundit at the time, has a visibly shaky start in the video, running through jokes about everything from Halley's Comet to D.C.'s political scene to the phrase 'break a leg'
She goes on to describe what it's like to be a pundette - or a young female pundit - and then breaks out a red feather boa
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Conway, who was working as a pollster and pundit at the time, has a visibly shaky start in the video, running through jokes about everything from Halley's Comet to D.C.'s political scene to the phrase 'break a leg' to Monica Lewinsky.
She goes on to describe what it's like to be a 'pundette' - or young female pundit.
That's when the boa comes out.
Kate McKinnon, known for impersonating Conway, did a Chicago-themed number mocking the Trump campaigner and her desire for fame on SNL
Wearing a silver-sequined dress and thick makeup, the SNL actress pranced around the stage with tuxedo-d men surrounding her
Eerily, Saturday Night Live's most recent sketch mirrors Conway's newfound musical side. In a show last weekend, comedian Kate McKinnon, known for impersonating Conway, did a Chicago-themed number mocking the Trump campaigner and her desire for fame.
Wearing a silver-sequined dress and thick makeup, the SNL actress pranced around the stage with tuxedo-d men surrounding her.
'And when the world goes up in flames, at least for now they know my name: Kellyanne Conway,' McKinnon sang.
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