Sarah Palin was back on "Saturday Night Live" for the three-and-a-half-hour-long SNL 40th Anniversary Special on Sunday evening. Although, she didn't quite steal the show, Palin did catch a little internet buzz after she showed up in one of her daughter's dresses, suggested Tina Fey owed Palin for the former's career success, and was mistaken for Fey by comedian Jerry Seinfeld.
Palin sat next to Taylor Swift and Steven Spielberg, and in the row in front of "50 Shades of Grey" star Dakota Johnson, who also wore a sparkling dress, though one that covered a little bit more skin. US magazine reported Palin's white, sparkly mini dress, bag and black high heeled shoes was actually from her daughter's closet. She told the entertainment magazine she was wearing "all Bristol!"
Palin told US Weekly the dress was from her daughter's stint on the ABC show "Dancing with the Stars."
But if her fashion choice wasn't enough, she caught a little bit more buzz in news sources like The Blaze, the Wall Street Journal and Politico after Seinfeld pretended to confuse her for Fey during a question-and-answer portion of the special.
"Yes? Tina?" Seinfeld asked.
"Uh, no, it's Sarah," Palin responded. "Just curious, Jerry, how much do you think ['SNL' producer] Lorne Michaels would pay me if I were to run in 2016?"
"Run for President, Sarah? I don't think there's a number too big," Seinfeld said.
"OK, just hypothetical then, what If I were to choose Donald Trump as my running mate?"
"Sarah you're teasing us; that's not nice," Seinfeld said without hesitation.
In 2008, when she ran for vice president on the GOP ticket headed by Arizona Sen. John McCain, Palin was one of Fey's most frequent impersonation roles on SNL.
Before the show started, Palin told People she thought Fey should be paying for her kids braces, after the magazine asked her if Fey's impersonation of her helped her career.