{"id":645728,"date":"2026-05-03T20:13:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T20:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/645728\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T20:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T20:13:10","slug":"comedian-says-megan-thee-stallion-needs-a-real-man-after-klay-thompson-breakup-in-snl-sketch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/645728\/","title":{"rendered":"Comedian says Megan Thee Stallion needs a ‘real man’ after Klay Thompson breakup in ‘SNL’ sketch"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d star Kam Patterson jokingly called out NBA player Klay Thompson for allegedly cheating<\/a> on Megan Thee Stallion.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho even is this guy?\u201d the comedian quipped on the \u201cWeekend Update\u201d segment<\/a>, before co-host Michael Che chimed in to say Patterson was a \u201cworld-famous pro basketball player.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWait a minute, there\u2019s a WNBA for men? What would you even call that? The MNBA? \u2026 To me, he\u2019s not Klay, he\u2019s dirt,\u201d Patterson added.<\/p>\n

A \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d comedian jokingly called out Klay Thompson for allegedly cheating on Megan Thee Stallion. (Seen here: Megan and Thompson in NYC on July 16, 2025.) GC Images<\/p>\n

Kam Patterson (seen above) pretended not to know the athlete during the \u201cWeekend Update.\u201d SNL<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat Meg Thee Stallion needs is a real man,\u201d the 27-year-old added, as Che, 42, responded, \u201cWhat else makes a real man?\u201d<\/p>\n

Playfully describing himself, Patterson stated that a \u201creal man\u201d is \u201cprobably employed in a thriving industry,\u201d such as \u201centertainment\u201d and working on a \u201csketch television show.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd he\u2019s not in many sketches,\u201d Patterson added, referring to his current debut \u201cSNL\u201d season. \u201cBut he\u2019s doing OK. Some say he\u2019s finding his voice more every week.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWho even is this guy?\u201d he said. \u201cTo me, he\u2019s not Klay, he\u2019s dirt.\u201d (Pictured: Patterson on \u201cSNL.\u201d) SNL<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat Meg Thee Stallion needs is a real man,\u201d Patterson continued. (Seen here: Megan at a Dallas Mavericks game in January.) Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n

The audience cheered, and Che told them not to \u201cencourage\u201d Patterson\u2019s remarks, adding, \u201cThat\u2019s just you, Kam.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI guess that does kind of sound like me,\u201d Patterson continued, before jokingly insisting that he didn\u2019t know who Thompson, \u201ca four-time NBA champion and second greatest shooter of all time,\u201d was.<\/p>\n

Patterson admitted to wanting to date Megan, saying, \u201cMegan, if you\u2019re watching, let me talk to you direct.\u201d <\/p>\n

Patterson jokingly called for Megan (seen here posing with her car) to date him. Megan Thee Stallion\/Instagram<\/p>\n

Last weekend, Megan (seen above with the NBA star in NYC on July 16) told Page Six that she and Thompson had split. GC Images<\/p>\n

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He then leaned forward as seductive music played in the background, telling the camera, \u201cAm I the man you want? Probably not. But am I the man you need? Also no. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut you\u2019ve already had the best baby, so why not try the rest?\u201d Patterson questioned, before showing several alleged DMs he has sent to the hitmaker.<\/p>\n

Reps for both Thompson, 36, and Megan, 31, weren\u2019t immediately available to Page Six for comment.<\/p>\n

Megan (seen here on a yacht) told Page Six in a statement that \u201cfidelity and respect are non-negotiable[s]\u201d in a relationship. theestallion\/Instagram<\/p>\n

The exes (seen above in NYC on July 14) were dating for nearly one year. BlayzenPhotos \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n

Megan confirmed on April 25 that she and the athlete had split\u00a0after nearly one year<\/a> of dating, telling Page Six that \u201cfidelity and respect are non-negotiable[s]\u201d in a relationship.<\/p>\n

That same day, the \u201cMamushi\u201d emcee broke down in tears while closing out her \u201cMoulin Rouge! The Musical\u201d Broadway show. A few days later, Megan announced she was exiting the show<\/a> more than two weeks earlier than her original end date.<\/p>\n

Thompson has yet to address the allegations against him. However, sports analyst Stephen A. Smith\u00a0recently defended the athlete<\/a>, saying Thompson didn\u2019t deserve for his business to be publicly aired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d star Kam Patterson jokingly called out NBA player Klay Thompson for allegedly cheating on Megan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":645729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[10764,49,48,361,4416,364,4269,362,23079,75,14741,32702,28370,341,7817,12490,127160,34566,82,348],"class_list":["post-645728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-athletes","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-breakups","tag-celebrity-couples","tag-celebrity-exes","tag-celebrity-news","tag-comedians","tag-entertainment","tag-klay-thompson","tag-megan-thee-stallion","tag-michael-che","tag-music","tag-nbc","tag-rappers","tag-sketch-comedy","tag-snl","tag-sports","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/645729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}