Saturday Night time Reside‘s Weekend Replace took on homicide suspect Luigi Mangione‘s extradition to New York Metropolis, a forthcoming Home Ethics Committee report on former congressman Matt Gaetz, and felon George Santos‘ new podcast. Co-anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che additionally made their annual joke change–with subjects getting private.
Jost, after describing Mangione’s return to town the place he allegedly shot the CEO of United Healthcare, mentioned, “In associated information, Bumble exploded.”
Mangione is being held in the identical jail as rapper and alleged intercourse trafficker Diddy. Che, additionally alluding to Mangione’s look and the net consideration to it, joked, “Stated Diddy, ‘Mmm, Christmas got here early.’”
Che then turned Gaetz, whose nomination as lawyer common went up in flames amid allegations–which he denies–of getting intercourse with a minor and of intercourse trafficking. A Home Ethics Committee report delving into the matter is anticipated to be launched within the subsequent few days, after weeks of uncertainty.
“Gaetz says he’s simply glad his girlfriend is simply too younger to learn the information,” Che joked, marking back-to-back weeks of an age-related jab on the ex-congressman.
Jost then had some phrases for one more scandal-plagued former Republican consultant who too confronted an ethics report on Capitol Hill: convicted fraudster George Santos.
Mentioning Santos’ podcast, Pants on Fireplace, Jost quipped, “You’ll be able to obtain the primary episode without spending a dime, just by coming into your full social safety quantity.”
This being the ultimate Weekend Replace of the yr, Jost and Che closed the phase sticking to custom by studying jokes the opposite had written for them. Some subjects have been private, with Jost’s spouse, Scarlett Johansson, at one level showing shocked backstage.
Jost was additionally required to learn his traces in “Black voice”–one thing which Che obtained a kick out of.
