After a roller-coaster week in politics, including President Trump’s second State of the Union address, Saturday Night Live’ had an abundance of material for this weekend’s Cold Open. But before touching on Trump’s speech, the show kicked off with a look at Amazon owner Jeff Bezos’ skirmish with the National Enquirer.
In a take on Meet the Press, the panelists debated the size and coloration of what Bezos’ penis might look like in pictures the tabloid is said to have illicitly obtained, and used to blackmail the billionaire businessman.
While they called the entire issue “a new low in journalism,” they couldn’t help but jump on the salacious story.
“What do you think the coloration is like?” take host Chuck Todd asked.
“When I hear billionaire’s penis, I immediately think small potatoes,” said Cecily Strong, who was playing Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan. “Like they say, ‘if it’s small and looks funny, you better have the money, honey,’” she added.
The segment also included the one-liner — “Your Amazon package is on the way,” delivered by Keenan Thompson in a turn as Washington Post columnist, Eugene Robinson.
“What is happening right now,” yelled Leslie Jones, who turned in a performance as Democratic political strategist Donna Brazile. The cold open also saw Aidy Bryant play Acting U.S. Attorney General Matt Whitaker.
Singer-songwriter Halsey hosted this weekend’s episode, and served as her own musical guest.
Just in case singing and hosting weren’t enough, she played the roles of cue card holder, caterer, and just about anything else that needed to be done in a promo for the episode.
The 24-year-old New Jersey native last appeared on SNL in November 2018, when she teamed up with Lil Wayne for a performance of the New Orleans rapper’s single Can’t Be Broken from his latest album, Tha Carter V. Halsey sang the hook on Can’t Be Broken, which is performed uncredited on the album by Danish songwriter-producer Thomas Troelsen.
Next weekend, Don Cheadle is set to host with Blues musician Gary Clark Jr. appearing on the episode as musical guest.
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