{"id":332665,"date":"2026-03-06T21:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T21:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/332665\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T21:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T21:15:07","slug":"seth-macfarlane-used-ai-to-turn-himself-into-bill-clinton-in-ted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/332665\/","title":{"rendered":"Seth MacFarlane Used AI to Turn Himself Into Bill Clinton in ‘Ted’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSeth MacFarlane<\/a>\u2018s unsettlingly realistic portrayal of Bill Clinton<\/a> in Ted<\/a> season two is going viral online. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe Family Guy creator says he used AI to turn himself into the former president in his Peacock comedy series.<\/p>\n

\n\tMacFarlane has performed Clinton\u2019s voice many times on Fox\u2019s animated hit Family Guy, but this time he managed to pull off an eerily accurate 1990s-era Clinton in a live-action show thanks to the new technology (see the clip below). <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve been doing my Bill Clinton impression since the early days of Family Guy,\u201d MacFarlane told the Associated Press<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s an interesting example of how AI can be used as a tool and not necessarily trample on the art that the rest of the industry is doing. We tried prosthetics, we tried traditional CGI, and everything just looked terrifying. So we just said, \u2018To hell with it, let\u2019s try AI.\u2019 It worked. It was the only way to look like Bill Clinton.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe footage has really thrown some viewers, such as one who posted<\/a>, \u201cThey had Bill Clinton appear in an episode, and I can\u2019t tell if it\u2019s a lookalike or some sort of CG or AI\u00a0deepfake\u00a0because he looks EXACTLY like the real thing.\u201d Another wrote, \u201cIt\u2019s actually insane how much Seth looks like Bill Clinton here. You could have told me they invented a time machine and kidnapped him from 1995, and I would have believed you.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tTed is set in the 1990s. In the scene, Clinton goes on a profane rant against a donut shop employee who\u2019s upset about his handling of the economy. <\/p>\n

\n\tCheck out the scene for yourself:<\/p>\n

Seth MacFarlane says they used AI to make him look like Bill Clinton in ‘Ted’ S2 <\/p>\n

“It’s an interesting example of how AI can be used as a tool \u2026 We tried prosthetics, we tried traditional CGI, everything else just looked terrifying”<\/p>\n

(via @AP<\/a>) pic.twitter.com\/lbjY50vMcr<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Culture Crave \ud83c\udf7f (@CultureCrave) March 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tBased on the 2012 hit comedy film and its sequel, Peacock\u2019s Ted<\/a> follows 16-year-old John Bennett (Max Burkholder) \u2014 a character played by Mark Wahlberg in the film \u2014 and his foul-mouthed teddy bear.<\/p>\n

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