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Former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice is no comedian, nor is she an actress, but last night on a brand new episode of '30 Rock', the accomplished classical pianist moonlighted as both.
Alec Baldwin's character Jack Donaghy must pull some strings in order to free his wife Avery Jessup, who has been taken hostage while on assignment in North Korea by the country's leader Kim Jong II (impersonated). When Jack exhausts all his resources to help his wife, he must turn to the aid of his ex-girlfriend, Condoleeza Rice, who he broke up with via text in a message that read: "Me + You = :(".
When Jack finally meets with Condoleeza (or as she refers to herself, Dr. Rice), she makes Jack apologize to her for the way he broke up with her, as well as for going "drinking with Karl Rove on Valentine's Day," and challenges Jack to a battle of skills on their respective instruments: Condoleeza on piano, Jack on flute. The cameo is brief, and somewhat forced, but Condoleeza makes the most of her time with a couple of choice lines ("Oh we are doing this!").
Check out Condoleeza Rice and Alec Baldwin's Jack Donaghy going toe-to-toe: