Amy Schumer Calls Kanye West A ‘Nazi’ In Her Opening Monologue -- Plus More SNL Highlights HERE!
06.11.2022 - 20:33
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Amy Schumer returned to host Saturday Night Live for the third time over the weekend – and she did not hold back with her jokes, especially when tackling Kanye West‘s antisemitic behavior!
In her opening monologue, the 41-year-old comedian kicked things off by expressing how honored she was to be hosting the last episode before the upcoming “midterm abortions.” However, she immediately corrected herself, saying:
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From there, Amy got personal and joked about her pregnancy and post-baby sex life with her husband, Chris Fischer. While the momma insisted they do “do have a good sex life,” she found that it’s “awkward” sleeping with hubby since he’s family, explaining:
And at one point, she got in a dig at Kanye for his recent string of antisemitic comments, which includes spewing harmful tropes and threatening to go “death con 3 on Jewish people”:
We’ll have to see if Kanye will respond to Amy’s line… Ch-ch-check out the entire opening monologue (below):
Elsewhere in the episode…
Over the past couple of episodes, SNL has made it a point to mock Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, and the show did it once again – this time taking aim at his staffing cuts and potential for circulating misinformation during a mock council listening to banned users’ pleas to get reinstated. In the sketch, you see different characters, including Amy as a sexy bot account and Punkie Johnson representing Black Twitter, appear to state their case in front of the last two employees at the company. But at one point, James Austin Johnson’s Donald Trump popped up to beg to be allowed back on the platform – even though he confessed he might “coup.” See the entire sketch (below):
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