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During Saturday Night Live's Season 51 finale hosted by Will Ferrell with Paul McCartney as the musical guest, Michael Che interrupted Colin Jost's Weekend Update joke swap to stop him from shaving his own hair, a cringe-worthy moment that underscored the enduring chemistry between the two hosts and the show's notorious joke-swaps.
Colin Jost narrowly avoids a real haircut on live TV during Weekend Update as he reads jokes from Michael Che about Ye’s controversial remarks; a barber comes on stage and the moment leads to laughter and relief from Jost, who quips about sacrificing his hair, while Che horaciously keeps the moment in stride.
During Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update joke swap, Colin Jost flirted with losing his signature hair as Michael Che teased a provocative bit; a barber appeared on cue to shave him, Jost muttered “Send in the barber,” and Che’s pushback kept the plan from fully going through, with Jost later material appearing in a bald cap for curtain call.
Matt Damon hosted Saturday Night Live Season 51, Episode 19, delivering high energy and sharp writing across a slate of standout sketches—from a BKavanaugh cold open and Mother's Day monologue to memorable bits like Godzilla Movie with precise spit-takes, the barbed Tough Guys sketch, and the Tidy Care Crystals ad parody, plus a lively Weekend Update with Tucker Carlson and a tense Auctioneers closer. The piece calls it one of this season’s stronger outings and hopes Damon returns soon.
NBC’s Saturday Night Live Weekend Update skewers the Trump administration’s plan to place Trump’s portrait on the inside of some passports and pokes at King Charles III and Queen Camilla’s state visit tied to the Declaration of Independence anniversary, with Colin Jost joking that a passport portrait would remind you why you fled and that it’s burning a hole in the Declaration; the segment also jabs at royal diplomacy—Charles’ meetings, a bell from a British submarine given to Trump, and a quip about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor—as it lampoons both the presidency and the royal visit.
On Saturday Night Live's cold open, Aziz Ansari spoofed FBI Director Kash Patel with oddly specific denials about drinking and taxpayer-funded antics, a bit that critics say raises more questions about Patel's conduct than it answers.
Jimmy Fallon guests on SNL U.K.’s Weekend Update, joining hosts Ania Magliano and Paddy Young to roast Jeffrey Epstein, Benson Boone, and Lily Allen, including Fallon’s surprise appearance from under the desk during a Hand in Hand moment as a playful ratings boost.
SNL's Weekend Update skewers Donald Trump's claim that Iran has 'no cards' by poking fun at Iran's leverage over the Strait of Hormuz, with Colin Jost and Michael Che delivering sharp, politically pointed jokes about the administration and Melania Trump's Epstein mention, highlighting sharp satire around current international tensions.
NBC’s SNL Weekend Update mocked Vice President JD Vance for failing to broker an Iran ceasefire after 21 hours of talks, joking about a mascara-running image and calling his ‘my wife has the right to skydive’ analogy awkward; the segment also mocked Melania Trump’s Epstein denial, reflecting the show’s sharp take on current headlines.
In its UK debut, SNL UK’s Weekend Update delivers pointed jabs at disgraced Prince Andrew, riffing on his Epstein ties and Marsh Farm residence, with Tina Fey hosting the premiere and Wet Leg performing as the episode also features Beckham-themed gags.
In the first U.K. edition of SNL's Weekend Update, hosts Ania Magliano and Paddy Young roast former Prince Andrew, lampooning his Marsh Farm home and recent renovations after his February arrest tied to a misconduct probe stemming from the Epstein files, with quips about whether he’d keep quiet in prison and a jab at the Beckhams.
SNL’s Weekend Update lampooned Timothée Chalamet’s remarks about opera and ballet from a CNN/Variety town hall, joking that those art forms still matter to some despite his comments that few care about them; the segment also skewered political figures including Trump, RFK Jr., and Kristi Noem.
Saturday Night Live’s cold open riffs on U.S. tensions with Iran, with Colin Jost spoofing Pete Hegseth and declaring the conflict a “situationship” rather than a war. The bit includes digs about naval missteps and Cuba, plus Ashley Padilla as Kristi Noem in a mock-firing arc, Gosling’s hosting and a Harry Styles cameo, and Weekend Update quips about Noem and Iran.
NBC/SNL's Weekend Update mocks Kristi Noem’s firing as Homeland Security secretary, lampooning her controversies and her new role as Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas, including a gag about a department located on a farm upstate; the segment also targets Iran tensions and Trump administration aides in its humor.
NBC's Saturday Night Live Weekend Update lampooned Trump's Iran strike push by replaying a 2011 clip in which Trump criticized Obama as weak and ineffective, then quipping about the lack of congressional authorization for the attack; the sketch also notes Netanyahu's position, cites HRANA casualty figures (133 civilians killed, about 200 injured), and ties the Iran move to Trump's Nobel Prize aspirations and his lengthy State of the Union.