{"id":357995,"date":"2026-09-27T06:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T06:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/357995\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T06:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T06:38:07","slug":"snl-roasts-mayor-zohran-mamdani-with-urgent-message-for-new-yorkers-during-noreaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/357995\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018SNL\u2019 roasts Mayor Zohran Mamdani with \u2018urgent message\u2019 for New Yorkers during nor\u2019easter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mayor Zohran Mamdani was roasted in the season 52 premiere of \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d hosted by Knicks MVP Jalen Brunson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The cold open of \u201cSNL\u201d set at the Upper East Side\u2019s Grace Mansion, featured Hizzoner portrayed by comedian Ramy Youssef, filming an \u201curgent message\u201d for New Yorkers as the city braces for the impact of the looming nor\u2019easter storm<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the sketch, Mamdani is seen filming a TikTok video telling Gothamites to \u201cshelter in place, y\u2019all\u201d dancing to upbeat club music, despite the severity of the incoming brutal storm.<\/p>\n

Ramy Youssef and James Austin Johnson as Zohran Mamdani and President Trump on \u201cSaturday Night Live,\u201d Sept. 26, 2026. NBC \/ SNL<\/p>\n

President Trump, portrayed by James Austin Johnson, also made an appearance at Hizzoner\u2019s home in the opener and pointed out that the two pols are both from Queens.<\/p>\n

The cold-open came after Mamdani invited Trump to Gracie Mansion<\/a> for a high-stakes huddle earlier this week, continuing the streak of love fests for the political odd couple.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve seen it with numerous different mayors, and I said some great ones and some not so great ones. So hopefully you\u2019re going to be a great one. I\u2019ll be able to say you\u2019re going to be a great one, and you\u2019re off to a start,\u201d Trump said at a press conference after their meeting.<\/p>\n

\u201cSNL\u201d doubled down on the chummy love fest, with Trump telling Mamdani he \u201cmissed my day one\u201d in the sketch.<\/p>\n

Johnson\u2019s version of Trump went on to call Hizzoner \u201cMam-dreamy,\u201d while reciting the iconic \u201cGreys Anatomy\u201d line, \u201cpick me, choose me, love me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s infamous political aide, Natalie Harp, crashed the sketch, appearing rain-soaked from the nor\u2019easter, with mascara running down her face.<\/p>\n

President Trump and Zohran Mamdani following their meeting at Gracie Mansion in New York City, Sept. 21, 2026. REUTERS<\/p>\n

Jalen Brunson hosted the \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d Season 52 premiere. NBC \/ SNL<\/p>\n

Portrayed by Ashley Padilla, Harp said she \u201cran here from DC weapon style,\u201d joking President Trump may have needed her for something.<\/p>\n

Toward the end of the cold open, Mamdani tells Trump he has to \u201cget back to work\u201d and Trump insists that he stays with the lefty mayor because he \u201cjust love[s] hanging out with you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOnly if you give us $21 billion for a housing project in Queens,\u201d Hizzoner demands.<\/p>\n

\u201cAre you out of your mind?\u201d Trump quips.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat if I follow you back on Instagram,\u201d Mamdani suggests, to which Trump says, \u201cIt\u2019s a done deal.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mayor Zohran Mamdani was roasted in the season 52 premiere of \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d hosted by Knicks MVP…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[153,4777,57,9473,9,24,55,54,56,2039,2040,58,82],"class_list":["post-357995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-donald-trump","tag-jalen-brunson","tag-metro","tag-nbc","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-saturday-night-live","tag-snl","tag-us-news","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}