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Kellyanne Conway is amused ... she hasn't pulled a Richard Simmons vanishing act -- not even close.

We got the Counselor to the Prez Monday at Reagan National Airport and she made it clear ... 'SNL' got it all wrong, because she's been around the whole time. She's been on the road trying to find solutions to opioid abuse.

She gives a shout-out to her favorite cable network and scurries off into the sunset.

Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski couldn't hide their engagement on SNL's version of "Morning Joe" ... packed with sexual tension, penis jokes and a "Donald Trump" cameo!

Kate McKinnon and Alex Moffat did their best Mika and Joe for Saturday's cold open, and nailed the co-hosts ... while also sexing up their now public relationship with hilarious results.

Melissa McCarthy cranked up her Sean Spicer tone-deafness to 10 on Saturday Night Live ... and went after Jewish people and Passover.

McCarthy performed her Spicey in an Easty Bunny suit, lampooning Sean for his comments last week about Syria's Basjar al-Assad and Hitler.

Melissa's been a huge hit on the show and all of her Spicer skits elicited huge laughs. In this one, the laughs are muted, and it seems the audience is uncomfortable with the attack.

Alec Baldwin did double duty on "Saturday Night Live," playing Bill O'Reilly and supporter in chief Donald Trump.

Baldwin spoofed the FNC talk show host, who's embroiled in controversy over disclosures of sexual assault cases against him that were settled.

Kellyanne Conway watches Kate McKinnon's impressions of her on 'SNL' ... and she even has a favorite skit.

Kellyanne was arriving in D.C. Monday when a pap asked what she thinks of McKinnon lampooning her on almost every 'SNL' episode for months now. It's obvious KC is impressed because she had an answer locked and loaded.

NO. DAYS. OFF.

Jeff Sessions became Forrest Gump on Saturday Night Live ... and the bust stop bench spoof couldn't have been funnier.

Kate McKinnon did her best impression of the Attorney General, who was forced to recuse himself this week from any Trump-related investigations after getting caught lying about talking to Russians on the campaign.

Expect a Hillary Clinton sighting on 'SNL' this week, or at least Kate McKinnon as Hillary, after they did dinner together in NYC.

'SNL' superstar McKinnon was spotted doing dinner Wednesday night at Orso ... no doubt having some laughs about the current political environment.

As bad as the election turned out for the real Hillary -- it's been ratings gold for Kate and her castmates.

Who picked up the tab? It better be Lorne Michaels or NBC.

Anyone hoping to see Rosie O'Donnell play Steve Bannon on "Saturday Night Live" better write to their congressman ... Lorne Michaels.

We got Rosie leaving Nobu in West Hollywood Thursday night and she told us her uncanny photoshop of Bannon is as far as she'll be taking the role.

Why? Sounds like the idea failed to launch with 'SNL' honchos. We'll always have this ...

Kellyanne Conway did everything but boil a rabbit on "SNL" ... and it was brutal.

Kate McKinnon channeled her best Glenn Close in an epic "Fatal Attraction" spoof. You gotta see this ... it makes Alec Baldwin's Trump skits look like a love letter.

Plus, Melissa McCarthy returned in top form as Sean Spicer ... easily as hilarious as the first.

Senator Al Franken says Saturday Night Live is as good as it's ever been with their Donald Trump skits -- and he should know ... as an original writer for the show.

We got the performer-turned-politician in D.C. Sunday, where he gave kudos for SNL's latest Trump spoofs, especially Melissa McCarthy's turn as Sean Spicer. The proof's in the numbers ... SNL had its highest ratings in 6 years as of this week.

Al even touches on his old SNL role as self-help guru Stuart Smalley. Doesn't sound like he's interested in getting back into character anytime soon, though.

Turns out "Saturday Night Live" was the big winner in the Presidential election, because it's now off-the-charts hilarious with Melissa McCarthy as Sean Spicer at a White House press briefing.

President Donald Trump went after Madonna big time Thursday night, calling Madonna "disgusting" for musing out loud she was thinking of "blowing up the White House."

Trump went on Sean Hannity's show on FNC and did not hold back. He thinks the singer not only hurt herself very badly by the comment, she hurt the cause for which she was fighting.

The prez also lashed out at 'SNL,' responding to a writer who had tweeted, "Barron will be this country's first homeschool shooter." Trump said, "I don't mind some humor, but it's terrible ... For them to attack, for NBC to attack my 10-year-old son ... it's a disgrace." Trump added it's not been easy on Barron.

'SNL' acted swiftly to punish one of its writers after she tweeted a tasteless joke about 10-year-old Barron Trump.

A source familiar with the situation says 'SNL' has suspended Katie Rich indefinitely, and the suspension came down immediately after her infamous social media post on inauguration Friday.

Rich tweeted, "Barron will be this country's first homeschool shooter."

Rich has since deleted all her tweets, with the exception of an apology she posted Monday.

Deadline first reported her suspension.

Courteney Cox and Jennifer Meyer must've had quite the appetite because they took a mini restaurant tour, and made sure to hit the highest profile spots.

The ladies first hit up Catch Tuesday night. It's the hottest new dining spot in town, which also makes it a hot spot for paparazzi. But when they followed up with a stop at Craig's, it was obvious ... they wanted to be seen, and even talk.

We asked Courteney about 'SNL' lampooning her pal Jennifer Aniston's "Friends" character. Check out her review.

Solange Knowles hit the stage Saturday night on SNL, and she got a surprise by big sis Beyonce, and they were just like you and me.

Solange, who sang "Cranes in the Sky" has issues with being lifted by Bey.

1:52 PM PST -- Shortest beef ever?

We just spoke with Pete who says he was "obviously joking" and that he LOVES Shaq. In fact, the two hung out at the Justin Bieber roast last year.

He adds, "Plus, I would never offend a man that large."

Shaq versus ... Pete Davidson from "Saturday Night Live"?

Yep.

The comedian apparently HATED Shaq's undercover driver video he made for Lyft -- 'cause after we posted it on TMZ Sports, Pete swatted the clip down as "f***ing lame."

Pete posted his review on Instagram -- and, while he didn't mention Shaq by name, it was obvious what he was referring to.

"Hey you know what would be hilarious guys? If a really famous person went undercover as an Uber driver. Isn't that so hilarious and crazy!! UGH SO F***ING LAME."

So far, no word from Shaq ... but he usually isn't one to back down from a celebrity feud.