Ted Cruz ‘would love’ to host ‘SNL’

Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) says he “would love” to pull a Donald Trump and host “Saturday Night Live.”

“Absolutely. I would love to do it. I grew up watching ‘SNL’ as a kid,” the GOP presidential candidate told C-SPAN’s Steve Scully during a Friday call-in program on the network.

{mosads}“I think their political satire is hysterical,” Cruz, 44, said of NBC’s late-night sketch comedy show.

Cruz also gave kudos to cast member Kate McKinnon, who plays a power-hungry version of Democratic White House hopeful Hillary Clinton on the show.

“By the way, the actress they have playing Hillary has her dead-on,” Cruz said.

Cruz also added his voice to the chorus of acclaim for “Curb Your Enthusiasm” star Larry David’s recent impression of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on the show.

“I will tell you, I told Bernie Sanders just the other day, you know, I called him ‘Larry’ for Larry David because, oh my goodness, Larry David’s performance — that was Bernie,” Cruz exclaimed. “He has captured him perfectly.”

Clinton appeared in a skit earlier this month. Trump, the current GOP front-runner, is scheduled to host “SNL” on Nov. 7.

Cruz, who reiterated he’d “love to have the chance to” host, predicted Trump would “knock it out of the park” during his appearance.

Fellow GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson said Friday that, unlike Trump, he has no interest in going live from New York on “SNL.”

“I think the presidency of the United States is a very serious thing,” the retired neurosurgeon said in an interview with Bloomberg Politics. “I don’t even want to begin to put it in the lightness of comedy.”