Saturday Night Live: Olivia Rodrigo pulls double duty while Aziz Ansari aces Kash Patel

The singer made for a solid host of a mostly amusing episode which poked fun at influencers and featured cameos by Debbie Harry and Connor Storrie Saturday Night Live returns for its final run of season 51 episodes with a press conference held by “the man, the myth, the liability” Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (Colin Jost). He angrily “dogwalks” the dweeby members of the press pool over questions about his mistaking a Pulp Fiction quote for a real verse from the Bible, the actual cost of the war with Iran, and the number of American bases that have been hit (“More bases than you’ve ever hit, virgin”), before turning the podium over to the “almost certainly fired” director of the FBI, Kash Patel (Aziz Ansari). The bulging-eyed Patel gives a useless update on the recent assassination attempt on Trump (“Another one!”) before bragging about how he’s “a trailblazer: the first Indian person to suck at their job.” He denies allegations about his alleged alcoholism – though not before Hegseth jumps in, thinking the question is directed at him – to make it clear that he has not only never “been drunk or hungover on the job”, but also “never used tax-payer dollars to take a private jet to fly him and his girlfriend to three different Buffalo Wild Wings locations across the country to see if they could tell the difference”. Continue reading... The singer made for a solid host of a mostly amusing episode which poked fun at influencers and featured cameos by Debbie Harry and Connor Storrie S aturday Night Live returns for its final run of season 51 episodes with a press conference held by “the man, the myth, the liability” Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (Colin Jost).

He angrily “dogwalks” the dweeby members of the press pool over questions about his mistaking a Pulp Fiction quote for a real verse from the Bible, the actual cost of the war with Iran, and the number of American bases that have been hit (“More bases than you’ve ever hit, virgin”), before turning the podium over to the “almost certainly fired” director of the FBI, Kash Patel (Aziz Ansari). The bulging-eyed Patel gives a useless update on the recent assassination attempt on Trump (“Another one!”) before bragging about how he’s “a trailblazer: the first Indian person to suck at their job.” He denies allegations about his alleged alcoholism – though not before Hegseth jumps in, thinking the question is directed at him – to make it clear that he has not only never “been drunk or hungover on the job”, but also “never used tax-payer dollars to take a private jet to fly him and his girlfriend to three different Buffalo Wild Wings locations across the country to see if they could tell the difference”. Ansari is too perfect a choice to play Patel to complain about a celebrity outsider taking a juicy role from the show’s actual cast (it’s not like they really have anyone who could play him anyway). Olivia Rodrigo, pulling double duty tonight, takes the stage for her monologue. Rodrigo and Chloe Fineman play rival socialites dueling over the heart of one of their sons.

The same fate befalls Rodrigo’s fiance, the family lawyer, the butler, another couple, a small dog, and eventually Rodrigo herself. Debbie Harry pops up to introduce Rodrigo for her first performance of the night. On Weekend Update, Michael Che introduces the first guests, feuding influencers/bloggers/podcasters Alix Earle (Veronika Slowikowska) and Alex Cooper (Fineman). Patterson claims he’s upset about the split, but his mile-wide smile tells a different story. As Patterson himself admits during his time, he’s not used often on the show, but he’s finding his voice with each new appearance.

Next, Rodrigo plays a woman caught sneaking home after a night out by her suspicious fiance(Marcello Hernández). Rodrigo performs her second set, this time introduced by actor and recent host Connor Storrie. The crowd goes nuts for him, unlike Harry (shameful). Then, Rodrigo and Slowikowska play two friends taking an Uber on their way to the club. They excitedly ask their older driver (Andrew Dismukes) to play some music.

But here’s what I didn’t realize: no.” A roundly solid e The singer made for a solid host of a mostly amusing episode which poked fun at influencers and featured cameos by Debbie Harry and Connor Storrie Saturday Night Live returns for its final run of season 51 episodes with a press conference held by “the man, the myth, the liability” Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (Colin Jost). He angrily “dogwalks” the dweeby members of the press pool over questions about his mistaking a Pulp Fiction quote for a real verse from the Bible, the actual cost of the war with Iran, and the number of American bases that have been hit (“More bases than you’ve ever hit, virgin”), before turning the podium over to the “almost certainly fired” director of the FBI, Kash Patel (Aziz Ansari). The bulging-eyed Patel gives a useless update on the recent assassination attempt on Trump (“Another one!”) before bragging about how he’s “a trailblazer: the first Indian person to suck at their job.” He denies allegations about his alleged alcoholism – though not before Hegseth jumps in, thinking the question is directed at him – to make it clear that he has not only never “been drunk or hungover on the job”, but also “never used tax-payer dollars to take a private jet to fly him and his girlfriend to three different Buffalo Wild Wings locations across the country to see if they could tell the difference”. Continue reading... Saturday Night Live: Olivia Rodrigo pulls double duty while Aziz Ansari aces Kash Patel