Well, she didn't handle that gracefully.
Emmy-winning comedy queen Debra Messing criticized Wednesday's announcement that Kim Kardashian is one of several hosts booked for the upcoming 47th season of NBC's "Saturday Night Live."
"Why Kim Kardashian? I mean, I know she's a cultural icon, but SNL has hosts, generally speaking, who are artists who are there to promote a movie, or a TV show, or an album release," Messing, who headlined Will & Grace of NBC for almost a decade. , attacked via (where else?) Twitter.
“Am I missing something?”
Messing, 53, is notoriously outspoken. Over the years, the redhead who won't be playing Lucille Ball in the upcoming biopic has had beef battles online with the likes of Oscar winner Susan "Shut up!" Sarandon, 74, and father of comedian turned accused sex offender Bill Cosby, 84.
However, it's certainly not as if the 40-year-old Kardashian is running out of new content to promote, from her Wear in the form of hyper-sexed skims line to her upcoming follow-up to E!'s "Keeping Up with the Kardashians," which It will stream exclusively on Hulu. The family announced in December that they have signed a multi-year deal to create content for the platform, which is set to debut sometime in late 2021.
Representatives for "Saturday Night Live" did not immediately respond to The Post's request for comment on Messing's confusing comments.
Of course, some of Messing's supporters immediately showed up to pile on: “HAHAHAHAHA!!!! I had the exact same question as soon as I saw that and still no answer,” chimed in Twitter pundit Michael S. Bacon, of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. “I'm sure Kanye will be involved in some way. I'm not sure I want to mess around with that episode."
Bacon added, “And I should point out that the hosts usually have some kind of talent. Aside from being famous for being famous."
Meanwhile, a healthy cross-section of Kardashian supporters straightened up the former “Starter Wife” star, including this one: a social media justice warrior known only as @ImWritingWrongs commented, “Truth be told, @DebraMessing, @ KimKardashian just wrapped up what is probably the longest-running and most successful reality TV show in history and is launching a new series on @hulu. That and hers 'side jobs of hers' @skims & @kkwbeauty made her a billionaire. She is worthy of @nbcsnl."
Still, the haters seemed to get the knockout in this round of Twitter relations in the Messing thread: "Kim is famous for being infamous," New York-based artist and activist. Barbara Malmet testified. “She talks about a burger nothing that turned a sex tape into a lifestyle social influencer. SNL disappoints once again."
Messing will next appear as the character of Mom in the film adaptation of Broadway's acclaimed “13: The Musical,” and opposite David Cross in the biopic of renowned butterfly collector Robert Pyle.
