{"id":335100,"date":"2025-12-07T13:28:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T13:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/335100\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T13:28:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T13:28:11","slug":"snls-colin-jost-stuns-with-brutal-pete-hegseth-cold-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/335100\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018SNL\u2019s\u2019 Colin Jost Stuns With Brutal Pete Hegseth Cold Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Colin Jost reprised his blistering impression of embattled Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Jost, who rarely appears on Saturday Night Live outside \u201cWeekend Update,\u201d portrayed Hegseth as an aggressive, angry man struggling to downplay the scandal of his <a onclick=\"_sendArticleBodyInlineLinkClickAnalytics(&#039;https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/pete-hegseths-claim-drug-boat-was-headed-to-us-blows-up\/&#039;)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/pete-hegseths-claim-drug-boat-was-headed-to-us-blows-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/pete-hegseths-claim-drug-boat-was-headed-to-us-blows-up\/\">alleged war crimes<\/a> against Venezuelan drug boats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cFirst things first,\u201d Jost\u2019s Hegseth said as he began his press conference. \u201cWhere are the fatties? You, out!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Hegseth denied ordering a second strike on a boat that killed two survivors who had spent 40 minutes clinging to the wreckage. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He told reporters, \u201cThat kind of cruel, heartless act has no place in Operation Kill Everybody.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Hegseth continued to attempt to distance himself from the incident by explaining, \u201cI wasn\u2019t even in the room when it happened, OK? I was so jacked up after the first strike I had to make an emergency call to my sponsor\u2014I\u2019m sorry, a guy I met at an anonymous meeting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Saturday Night Live, Colin Jost as Pete Hegseth\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4QP3MGEPDRCTTG7TDZC7HTWOBU.png\"  width=\"800\" height=\"436\"\/>Saturday Night Live, Colin Jost as Pete Hegseth NBC <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">One reporter at the press conference, played by cast member Ashley Padilla, asked Hegseth about Arizona Senator Mark Kelly\u2019s <a onclick=\"_sendArticleBodyInlineLinkClickAnalytics(&#039;https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/ridiculous-kelly-compares-hegseth-12-192005005.html&#039;)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/ridiculous-kelly-compares-hegseth-12-192005005.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">real quote<\/a> alleging that Hegseth is just a \u201c12-year-old playing army.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cOh, get a husband,\u201d Jost told her. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Padilla\u2019s character snapped back, \u201cI\u2019m trying!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Hegseth soon added, \u201cLet\u2019s just say: if I had a drink for every Venezuelan we\u2019ve killed, I\u2019d really like that number of drinks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Hegseth also tried to defend President Donald Trump, telling the reporters, \u201cUnlike you beta cucks, he\u2019s a high-energy alpha who trusts me and listens to me no matter what. Isn\u2019t that right, Mr. President?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He looked over at Trump (played by James Austin Johnson), only to find him sleeping in his seat. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Saturday Night Live, James Austin Johnson as sleepy Donald Trump\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/UDLGMQCGIVBCPOKNFP2GVFNIZE.png\"  width=\"800\" height=\"454\"\/>Saturday Night Live, James Austin Johnson as sleepy Donald Trump NBC <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The joke came after a week of multiple instances in which the real Trump seemed to doze <a onclick=\"_sendArticleBodyInlineLinkClickAnalytics(&#039;https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/see-every-angle-of-donald-trump-79-nodding-off-in-his-own-cabinet-meeting\/&#039;)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/see-every-angle-of-donald-trump-79-nodding-off-in-his-own-cabinet-meeting\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">off in public<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">SNL\u2019s Trump talked in his sleep, saying in a flirtatious tone, \u201cStop Mamdani, you can freeze my rent anytime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Trump then startled awake, shouting, \u201cI wasn\u2019t sleeping! I\u2019m very much awake, now someone quickly tell me where am I, who am I and what year might it be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cGood one Mr. President,\u201d said Hegseth nervously. \u201cEverything you do that\u2019s weird is a joke.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Colin Jost reprised his blistering impression of embattled Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. 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