After addressing the “racist” and “really fucked up” cutoff of SNAP benefits following the ongoing government shutdown on his social media, Saturday evening live Weekend Update co-anchor Michael Che followed up his commentary with a joke about the dire state of food insecurity in the United States.
“Due to the government shutdown, SNAP food benefits ran out of funds today, but the government continues to provide free food to families in need thanks to the Second Amendment,” he said, as the show’s program projected a graphic of a gun on the screen, prompting loud laughter and audible grimaces from the audience as the realization set in.
Elsewhere, Che cracked a joke at Prince Andrew, who was recently stripped of his royal titles by King Charles III amid ongoing controversy over his links to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
“Prince Andrew was stripped of his royal title as prince due to his involvement with Jeffrey Epstein, and Andrew says he can only become prince again if he gets a kiss from a young princess,” Che joked.
Last night’s edition of Weekend Update also featured the triumphant return of Bowen Yang’s George Santos – still a crook, but with a new spot under his belt as a Louvre thief. The disgraced former congressman and perennial liar sat on his desk after his prison sentence was commuted, bragging about winning the New York City Marathon (which is currently happening).
“Well, I’m rich now too because I just took a trip to the Louvre,” he joked, showing off his jeweled necklace, which he claimed to have re-appropriated for his “ancestors, the Zalès.”
Throughout his appearance, Santos de Yang also failed to answer phone calls from fellow inmates Ghislaine Maxwell, “roommate” Diddy and “murderer” Luigi Mangione. After stealing co-anchor Colin Jost’s wallet and revealing the photos he keeps of his wife SNL colleagues, Weekend Update continued that Jost has an unhealthy obsession with women on SNL. “Give me back my angels!” Jost retorted.
As a bonus, Santos also said, “I won the World Series!” » a few moments after the new victory of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
In a surprise twist, Ashley Padilla and Andrew Dismukes turned out to be MVPs — shining not only in the “Hockey PSA” sketch as insufferable business managers, but also as “Two People Who Just Connected” discussing the government shutdown. Enter: Padilla with tousled hair; as she wonders if she looks okay, Dismukes – clearly stricken – replies: “Perfect.”
What begins as a pitiful attempt to discuss warring Democrats and Republicans devolves into thinly veiled metaphors for their burgeoning relationship, as the duo stare longingly into each other’s eyes for long seconds at a time.
“Maybe Republicans are scared because their government hasn’t been open in…a long time. God, not since Jason,” Padilla muses.
“Who is Jason?” Jost interjects: “Is he a member of Congress?
Padilla scoffs: “He’s not a man.”
I won’t spoil what happens next, as the young couple runs into trouble in a newly created paradise, but it’s a delightful demise.
