Following a clunky cold open, host Shane Gillis’s flop of a monologue and the comic dropping an accidental F-bomb during a Dr. Seuss sketch, audiences were treated to another edition of “Saturday Night Live’s” Weekend Update, featuring Colin Jost and Michael Che. And things kicked off with Jost needling one of his favorite targets, President Trump.
But don’t worry, I think he’s taking it all in stride.” Jost then threw to a clip of Trump at a rally whining about not being awarded the Nobel, declaring, “The Nobel Prize was given out today by a liberal person who works at the United Nations who nobody has ever heard of!” Yes, that’s right: Navi Pillay, a South African human rights advocate, was awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. According to CNN, Pillay “was integral to the anti-apartheid movement, served as a judge on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and recently led the UN commission that concluded Israel committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.” The decision has also drawn criticism from Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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