Live from
New York, it's ... a Secret Service investigation?
Comedian John Mulaney revealed this week he was investigated by the Secret Service after a joke he made during his February
Saturday Night Live monologue.
Speaking to
Jimmy Kimmel, Mulaney explained that the Secret Service "investigated me" after he joked on
SNL about how Julius Caesar was "such a powerful maniac that all the senators grabbed knives and they stabbed him to death" and cracked, "That'd be an interesting thing if we brought that back now."
"I guess they opened a file on me because of the joke," Mulaney said. "I have to say, am I stoked there's a file open on me? Absolutely. Did I enjoy it in the moment? Not so much."
Mulaney went on to explain that the Secret Service person he spoke with was "very understanding" that the "joke had nothing to do with
Donald Trump." Ultimately, Mulaney says he was "cleared," though only after being asked whether there's "anything else we should know about," including whether he has any "rants" or "manifestos" about
President Trump online. The answer was no, though if the Secret Service ever wants to dive into his explanations of why Trump is like a great Family Feud contestant or a horse loose in a hospital, YouTube's always there.