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Keeping in tradition with its American progenitor, the first ever Saturday Night Live UK began with a political send-up cold open. A sketch featuring a cowering Keir Starmer played by cast member
The FCC chairman may be threatening the broadcast networks over their coverage of the Iran war, but Saturday Night Live again went with a cold open that skewered Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth for their lack of planning for the fallout from the Middle East intervention.
From the "nostalgia" factor to the comics' indelible chemistry, to the "many iconic things that came out of it," this political sketch stands apart for Jost.
The March 7 episode, hosted by Ryan Gosling, opened with a cold open sketch where Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (Colin Jost) held a press conference regarding the U.S. military operation in Iran. Hegseth kicked things off by finishing a keg stand — "Relax, it was sprite" — and took questions from the press before introducing Noem.
The British "SNL" spinoff "Saturday Night Live UK" kicked off with jokes about President Trump and the former Prince Andrew in its first episode ever.