{"id":208890,"date":"2025-10-13T03:27:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T03:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/208890\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T03:27:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T03:27:07","slug":"pam-bondi-embraces-gun-toting-snl-spoof-as-she-sends-love-to-amy-poehler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/208890\/","title":{"rendered":"Pam Bondi embraces gun-toting SNL spoof as she sends &#8216;love&#8217; to Amy Poehler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pam Bondi appeared to see the funny side after she witnessed Amy Poehler and Tina Fey mimicking her and Kristi Noem during a Saturday Night Live sketch<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0_PM.jpg\" alt=\"Pam Bondi and Amy Poehler\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Pam Bondi was mimicked by Amy Poehler<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishstar\">Pam Bondi was the subject of a Saturday Night Live spoof <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishstar.com\/culture\/entertainment\/dhs-snl-spoof-bondi-noem-36056699\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">depicting her stood beside a gun-toting Kristi Noem.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishstar\">In the skit, Amy Poehler took on the role of the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishstar.com\/all-about\/pam-bondi\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Attorney General <\/a>as she was joined by her former Weekend Update co-host Tina Fey who starred as the Secretary of Homeland Security to spoof Bondi&#8217;s recent Senate hearing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishstar\">The skit ridiculed <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishstar.com\/news\/politics\/trumps-bloody-handshake-pam-bondi-36041751\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the five-hour Senate Judiciary Committee hearing last week, <\/a>where Bondi deflected several questions about former FBI director James Comey, the Epstein files, and immigration. The duo started the sketch by saying, &#8220;What&#8217;s up, nerds? My name is Pam Bondi. I spell it with an &#8216;I&#8217; &#8217;cause &#8216;I ain&#8217;t gonna answer any of your questions.&#8217; My time is valuable. Before I don&#8217;t answer, I&#8217;d like to insult you personally.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishstar.com\/culture\/entertainment\/dhs-snl-spoof-bondi-noem-36056699\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"36056699\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SNL&#8217;s Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem skit triggers response from Department of Homeland Security<\/a>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishstar.com\/culture\/entertainment\/abc-jd-vance-cut-off-36056176\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"36056176\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABC News host brutally cuts off JD Vance mid-sentence live on air<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishstar\">The comment referred to her &#8220;cheat sheet&#8221; for disparaging remarks after a photographer shared a photo of the folder Pam had during the hearing which included comebacks, such as &#8220;You are a total hypocrite,&#8221; underlined in her notes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0_G3EPZ2CWwAEkWYo.jpg\" alt=\"Tina Fey as Kristi Noem and Amy Poehler as Pam Bondi \" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Tina Fey as Kristi Noem and Amy Poehler as Pam Bondi <\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishstar\">Tina appeared as Kristi coming on stage with prosthetic lips and carrying a large assault rifle. She said, &#8220;Hold my gun,&#8221; before tossing the fake weapon to one side.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishstar\">She then said, &#8220;That&#8217;s right, it&#8217;s me, Kristi Noem. I spell my name with an &#8216;I&#8217; because that&#8217;s how I thought it was spelled. And I&#8217;m the rarest type of person in Washington, D.C. \u2014 a brunette that <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishstar.com\/all-about\/donald-trump\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> listens to.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishstar\">She then added, &#8220;I&#8217;m here to tell you that this Democrat government shutdown needs to end now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishstar\">Pam responded to the parody on X tagging Kristi as she wrote, &#8220;should we recreate this picture in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishstar.com\/all-about\/chicago\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chicago<\/a>? Loving Amy Poehler!&#8221; adding a photo of Amy and Tina posing as the political pair.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1_US-POLITICS-MEMORANDUM.jpg\" alt=\"Kristi Noem and Pam Bondi\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Pam tagged Kristi as she saw the funny side to the skit(Image: AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishstar\">Meanwhile, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin commented, &#8220;SNL is absolutely right \u2014 the Democrats&#8217; shutdown does need to end!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishstar\">The sketch also took aim at Noem for admitting to shooting her family dog because it was &#8220;untrainable&#8221; in the past.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishstar\">Tina, as Kristi, said, &#8220;Ha, that makes me laugh more than the end of Old Yeller.&#8221; She then added, &#8220;Dogs don&#8217;t just get shot. 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