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‘Weekend Update’: Michael Che Trolls Colin Jost With A Wicked Scarlett Johansson Joke
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‘Weekend Update’: Michael Che Trolls Colin Jost With A Wicked Scarlett Johansson Joke

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‘Weekend Update’: Colin Jost Has A Harsh Out-Of-This-World Goodbye For Rupert Murdoch
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‘Weekend Update’: Colin Jost Has A Harsh Out-Of-This-World Goodbye For Rupert Murdoch

″[He’s] passing the position on to his eldest son, Darth Murdoch,” quipped Jost as he used “Star Wars” to mock Lachlan Murdoch, who is taking the reins from his father.Co-host Michael Che separately brought up the House Ethics Committee’s recent report on Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) that described the Republican using campaign funds to pay for personal care and services including Hermès products, cosmetic procedures and OnlyFans’ subscriptions.The GOP chairman of the committee, Rep. Michael Guest (R-Miss.), has since filed a resolution to expel Santos from Congress.Che, who joked over a picture of Santos using the phone that it depicted him “asking your grandma for her social security number,” made a swipe at the congressman over his alleged purchases.“Santos would’ve denied the allegatio...
Colin Jost Drops A Harsh New Job Title On Trump In Blistering ‘Weekend Update’ Diss
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Colin Jost Drops A Harsh New Job Title On Trump In Blistering ‘Weekend Update’ Diss

“Former president and current courtroom sketch model Donald Trump,” said Jost as he spoke next to a sketch and noted that Trump testified on the witness stand for the first time in over a decade.“And it’s fun that nobody is 100% sure which trial this sketch is from.”Jost revealed that the sketch was from Trump’s New York civil business fraud trial. He tossed to a video of two rodents fighting that he jokingly said depicted testimony from Trump’s ex-attorney Michael Cohen, testimony that occurred while the former president was in the courtroom.Michael Che went on to focus on a portion of the Cohen’s testimony where he claimed Trump’s three oldest children – Ivanka, Eric and Donald Jr. – were involved in putting together the former president’s financial statements. “Ivanka wrote the summari...
Colin Jost Grounds Trump Over Gag Order Response In Brutal ‘Weekend Update’ Burn
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Colin Jost Grounds Trump Over Gag Order Response In Brutal ‘Weekend Update’ Burn

Jost, on the latest episode of “Saturday Night Live,” pointed to Trump’s remarks before comparing the former president to a child being grounded.“Then he added ‘She’s like literally killing me.’ Then he yelled ‘You’re not even my real mom’ and slammed his bedroom door,” Jost quipped.U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan issued the narrow gag order in response to attacks Trump aimed at those involved in the criminal case, warning that the remarks could pose a “grave threat” to the judicial process. Trump’s lawyers swiftly appealed the gag order before it was temporarily lifted on Friday.“Because if there’s one guy whose trial famously ended well, it’s Jesus,” Jost said.You can explore more from the latest edition of “Weekend Update” in the clips below. !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)retur...