{"id":613116,"date":"2026-09-27T06:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T06:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/613116\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T06:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T06:08:09","slug":"snl-mamdani-and-trump-hang-out-natalie-harp-goes-obsession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/613116\/","title":{"rendered":"‘SNL’: Mamdani and Trump Hang Out, Natalie Harp Goes ‘Obsession’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSeason 52 of \u201cSaturday Night Live<\/a>\u201d kicked off with its usual cold open, and it involved two unlikely political BFFs.<\/p>\n

\n\tRamy Youssef stopped by to play New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, whose office was visited by James Austin Johnson\u2019s Donald Trump<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cFor some reason that no one can figure out, I really, really like you,\u201d Trump said to Mamdani. <\/p>\n

\n\tWhen summing up their friendship, Trump also said, \u201cI just love hanging out with you. We\u2019re like one of those unlikely animal friendships, like when a tiger gets together with a baby goat. When I see stuff like that, I want to text it to you and say, \u2018This could be us, but you playin\u2019.\u2019 Is that timely? Do people still say that? Anyway \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe pair discussed the storm currently slamming the East Coast, the Knicks\u2019 championship, this week\u2019s U.N. meeting in NYC, Trump\u2019s recent hosting of China President Xi Jinping, as well as his state dinner with Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg.<\/p>\n

\n\tSoon enough, their discussion was interrupted by Natalie Harp, Trump\u2019s much-discussed executive assistant. Played by Ashley Padilla, Harp evoked \u201cObsession\u201d character Nikki.<\/p>\n

\n\tDespite the storm, \u201cI ran here from D.C., \u2018Weapons\u2019 style,\u201d Harp said.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cShe\u2019s like the girl from \u2018Obsession\u2019 but blonde,\u201d Trump quipped.<\/p>\n

\n\tHarp ended the sketch by pulling Mamdani aside and threatening him, saying, \u201cIf you hurt him, I will end you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tJalen Brunson is hosting the season premiere with Katseye as the musical guest. The episode is also the debut of new cast members Saidah Belo-Osagie and Grace Reiter.<\/p>\n

\n\tWatch the full sketch below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Season 52 of \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d kicked off with its usual cold open, and it involved two unlikely…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":613117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[65,156,111,139,69,8804,45415,437],"class_list":["post-613116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-donald-trump","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-saturday-night-live","tag-snl","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/613117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}