‘SNL’ Weekend Update Brutally Mocks Trump for Losing Nobel Peace Prize
Following a clunky cold open, host Shane Gillis’s flop of a monologue and the comic dropping an accidental F-bomb during a Dr. Seuss sketch, audiences were…
According to Variety, following a clunky cold open, host Shane Gillis’s flop of a monologue and the comic dropping an accidental F-bomb during a Dr. Seuss sketch, audiences were treated to another edition of “Saturday Night Live’s” Weekend Update, featuring Colin Jost and Michael Che.
And things kicked off with Jost needling one of his favorite targets, President.
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