We like to think of these awards as the ones without Mel Gibson, Kroll told the crowd.

People wondered, How long would it take Hollywood to forgive someone for anti-Semitic, racist hate speech?

The controversial Bannon previously acted as executive chair of Breitbart News, which he called aplatformfor the so-called alt-right.

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Yet, somehow Robert Durst is more likable.

They also channeled Trump when describing 2016s slate of indie films, which Kroll joked were all depressing.

Said Mulaney, These films are, to quote the president, Sad, exclamation point.'

Kroll added, And no, conservatives, were not in a bubble, okay?

We are in a tent, filled with fringe artists on a California beach.

If this room leaned any further to the left we would literally topple into the Pacific Ocean.