Does it ever feel like those of us in and around Hollywood are at war with the world?
03.04.2022 - 07:15 / variety.com
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeIf you were expecting this week’s “Saturday Night Live” to kick off with a sketch parodying the Will Smith/Chris Rock slap at the Oscars, you may have been disappointed by the cold open. The slap was indeed mentioned, but it was just one of several topics brought up as the show once again turned to a Fox News parody to lead the episode.This week, it was another go at “Fox and Friends,” featuring hosts Steve Doocy (played by Alex Moffat), Ainsley Earhardt (Heidi Gardner) and Brian Kilmeade (Mikey Day). The hosts welcomed Clarence Thomas (Kenan Thompson) and wife Ginni Thomas (Kate McKinnon) — whose support of the January 6 attempted coup has become a lightning rod for scandal.
“I take my duty as the Yoko Ono of the Supreme Court very seriously,” McKinnon as Ginni Thomas said. “All I want is a tidal wave of biblical vengance to wash away the Biden crime family all the way to Gitmo and then we release the Kraken.” Also on hand was Cecily Strong as host Jeanine Pirro. “Later on ‘The Five,’ Disney has an exciting new project: turning your kindergartener gay!” Strong as Pirro screamed to the audience.
“Governor DeSantis signed a bill protecting our precious Florida schools from America’s dangerous Ellens and Caitlyns. By the way, Caitlyn Jenner, welcome to the Fox News family! Now, ‘Woke Disney’ won’t stop until all of Disney World is packed with twinkerbelles, Cinderfellas and that gay Mr. Toad.”When “Donald Trump” (James Austin Johnson) dialed in, he was asked about the Smith/Rock Oscars slap.
And he answered… by referring to Smith as his character in the film “Hitch.” “I did see Slap, I enjoyed slap. I was I was very impressed with my Hitch. Quite an arm on Hitch.
Does it ever feel like those of us in and around Hollywood are at war with the world?
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“Saturday Night Live” returned over the weekend with a whole lot of material, thanks to Will Smith’s actions at this year’s Oscars.
Saturday Night Live came back from its hiatus with a bang (and a slap)!
returned over the weekend with a whole lot of material, thanks to incident that occurred at the Oscars when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock.Many expected the slap heard 'round the world to be the primary focus of the night's cold open — although the show instead opted to for politically-focused sketch that only touched on the slap, via James Austin Johnson portraying former President Donald Trump.However, first-time host Jerrod Carmichael made sure to address the elephant in the room in his hilarious debut monologue. Additionally, Michael Che and Colin Jost didn't hold back while mocking the controversy during Weekend Update. And then there was the sketch that took fans back to the night in question with an up close and personal look at what it was like for the people around Smith during the altercation.Here's a roundup of how this week's dealt with the largest pop culture news story in recent memory.Carmichael plays an Oscars seat filler who is overjoyed to be sitting next to his Hollywood hero, Will Smith.
Nearly one week after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars, Saturday Night Live got in on the conversation.
returned over the weekend with a whole lot of material, thanks to Will Smith's actions at this year's Oscars.Many expected the slap heard 'round the world to be the primary focus of the night's cold open — although the show instead opted to for politically-focused sketch that only touched on the slap, via James Austin Johnson's Donald Trump.However, first-time host Jerrod Carmichael made sure to address the elephant in the room in his hilarious debut monologue. Additionally, Michael Che and Colin Jost didn't hold back while mocking the controversy during Weekend Update. And then there was the sketch that took fans back to the night in question with an up close and personal look at what it was like for the people around Smith during the altercation.Here's a roundup of how this week's dealt with the largest pop culture news story in recent memory.Carmichael plays an Oscars seat filler who is overjoyed to be sitting next to his Hollywood hero, Will Smith.
Saturday Night Live took on the Will Smith Oscars slap in a number of sketches across the show.Before winning the Best Actor award for his role in King Richard, Smith took to the stage to slap Chris Rock over a joke the latter made about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head. In 2018, Pinkett Smith revealed she has alopecia.Host Jerrod Carmichael dissected the incident in his cold open on Saturday Night Live without directly mentioning Smith, Rock or the word “slap”.“I’m not going to talk about it,” Carmichael said. “I want to be clear up top.