Saturday Night Live Tackles Roe v. Wade As Benedict Cumberbatch Returns To Host – Highlights HERE!
08.05.2022 - 19:11
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Benedict Cumberbatch is back!
The 45-year-old actor returned to host Saturday Night Live for the second time over the weekend. While Benedict is known for his more dramatic work, he sure proved once again just how incredibly hilarious he can be!
Unsurprisingly, the sketch comedy show kicked off the episode by tackling one of the biggest bombshells that dropped this year: the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion, which threatens to overturn Roe v. Wade and thus puts abortion and reproductive rights in danger. The cold open begins with a voiceover mocking Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for citing a 13th-century English law as part of their reasoning. Then, Benedict pops up in a full medieval ensemble and bowl haircut speaking with two other mean about abortion, as well as bringing up some of the other wild things people actually believe:
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Cecily Strong as a 12-year-old and Kate McKinnon as an “old crone” in her 30s joined in on the sketch. The whole bit was a must-see moment of the night! Ch-ch-check it out (below):
Later on in the show, Kate stopped by the “Weekend Update” to debut her impression of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett and take aim at her questions during oral arguments reportedly about safe-haven laws, which protects people for giving up newborn children. Kate’s Barrett states at one point:
SNL was not afraid to go there! Anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che also dedicated most of their time slamming the Supreme Court draft opinion in another part of the “Weekend Update,” which you can also watch (below):
Moving on…
Another big story of the year SNL could not resist in poking fun at yet again? The infamous Oscars slap from Will Smith, of
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