This week, Saturday Night Live’s cold open dragged President Donald Trump’s Secretary of War Pete Hegseth over the war in Iran and the news of Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s firing.
On the March 17 episode hosted by Ryan Gosling, Colin Jost reprised his role as Hegseth, portraying him as an “unhinged fratboy.”
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Jost’s Hegseth literally started with a keg stand, which really set the tone for the rest of the cold open, which was completely off the rails.
SNL mocked the way the Department of War and the Trump Administration have been addressing the Iran attacks on social media.
And Jost’s version of Hegseth reeeeeaaaaally took it there.
When a reporter referred to the attacks from the US and Israel on Iran as a war, he abruptly interrupted her.
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Then, Hegseth introduced Noem to the reporters, apparently for the last time, given the recent announcement of her replacement. Trump announced on Truth Social on March 5 that Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma will replace Noem on March 31.
Ashley Padilla reprised her role as Noem to clear up any confusion about her reassignment by President Trump.
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Padilla’s Noem shared why she was proud of her accomplishments in her time at the Department of Homeland Security.
And she explained that her departure might be “bittersweet,” but she’s excited for her new role as a special envoy of “The Shield of the Americas,” created by President Trump.
SNL’s cold open was brutal, to say the least, from start to finish.
People can’t stop talking about Colin Jost’s “frat boy” portrayal of Pete Hegseth.
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Others couldn’t get over how close SNL‘s cold open feels to our disturbing “reality.”
You can watch the SNL cold open here.
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