The 46-year-old, whoresigned from his White House post on July 21, 2017, writes that he first learned he was the subject of the skit when he was at church with his family.
“Throughout the hour, while I sat in church, I heard the buzzing of my phone. Glancing down, I saw the screen fill with text messages. As soon as church let out, I looked down with horror to find Twitter ablaze with my name,” he writes. “What was it now?At first, I feared something truly terrible had happened.”
White House press secretary Sean Spicer calls on a member of the media during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 27, 2017. Spicer discussed former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, Trump’s tax overhaul plan and other topics.
When he got home, Spicer watched the skit that he’d taped on his DVR.
He adds, “The sketches kept coming, but they didn’t bother me. When you play in the NFL, you can’t complain about getting tackled.”
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In April 2017, while condemning the Syrian government’s chemical weapons attack that killed more than 80 civilians, Spicercompared Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to Adolf Hitler, with the Trump spokesman seeming to credit the Nazi leader as someone who “didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons.”
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“He brought them into the Holocaust Center,” added Spicer, in an apparent reference to Nazi concentration camps. The term was later much-mocked on social media.
These types of epic gaffes were fodder for Melissa McCarthy’sSNLskits. In May 2017, she famously rolled down a New York City street wearing her “Spicey” costume while on a podium with wheels.
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In his book, Spicer doesn’t solely focus on pushing back against this and other, more serious, criticism. He also traces his personal journey to the White House and the loss of his father. During the presidential transition, Spicer’s father, Michael Spicer, passed away after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
“There were times I wished my dad had lived long enough to see me at the White House,” Spicer writes, “and there were times, I must admit, when I was glad he did not.”
source: people.com
