Trump Trolled By SNL in Cold Open Amid Iran War
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To close out Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update, Colin Jost introduced the night's final guest: Punch the monkey 's mom. Not literally, of course. It was Sarah Sherman, in a bikini-fitted monkey costume, who portrayed the absentee mama as a trailer-trash harlot.
The English folk-rock band, which last appeared on the late-night show in 2018 to help promote the album Delta, opened with “ Rubber Band Man ,” which features Irish musician Hozier and was co-written by Brandi Carlile. Hozier and co-producer Aaron Dessner of the National joined them onstage.
This attack might be a bad idea, I don’t know, I’m not really an expert on Iran. So let’s hear from someone who can explain why we might’ve done it,” said Jost, teeing up a 2011 clip of Trump that has resurfaced on social media.
Saturday Night Live staffers were “scared,” according to TMZ, after musical guest Cardi B had a meltdown over a “Weekend Update” joke about rapper foe Nicki Minaj. Minaj, the Trinidadian rapper who