Weekend Update Lampoons Trump Rant On Stairs With Bonkers Jennifer Coolidge Mashup

Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” lampooned President Donald Trump’s recent rant on climbing stairs by dubbing it with an iconic Jennifer Coolidge voice.

This week’s edition of Saturday Night Live marked the first episode of the sketch comedy mainstay’s 51st season. The host was Super Bowl splash-maker Bad Bunny, who became the first star in the history of the show to host after being the musical guest in the previous episode. It’s his second time hosting.

The musical guest was Doja Cat in her first SNL appearance.

The premiere marked the debut of new cast members Veronika Slowikowska, Jeremy Culhane, Tommy Brennan, Kam Patterson, and Please Don’t Destroy’s Ben Marshall. They join returning players Mikey Day, Andrew Dismukes, Chloe Fineman, Marcello Hernández, James Austin Johnson, Sarah Sherman, Kenan Thompson, Bowen Yang, and “Weekend Update” anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che.

Departing cast members include Heidi Gardner, Ego Nwodim, Devon Walker, Michael Longfellow, and Emil Wakim.

Next week’s host will be SNL alum Amy Poehler, with Role Model as the musical guest. Sabrina Carpenter hosts and performs as musical guest on October 18.

Jost and Che returned to the anchor chairs with a set of gags that included a bit on Trump’s comical riff on avoiding stair tragedies during his speech to military brass:

COLIN JOST: Hey! President Trump also spoke to a group of military leaders this week, and at one point, he went on a long rant about how good Barack Obama was at walking downstairs.

Here’s what he said–, I’m not going to read it, because it’s a crazy thing to hear from a president, but it’s actually kind of fun from anyone else.

Let me show you what I mean in our new segment, President Trump would make a lot more sense if he sounded like Jennifer Coolidge.

JENNIFER COOLIDGE VOICE: Be cool. Be cool when you walk down, but don’t… Don’t pop down the stairs.

So one thing with Obama, I had zero respect for him as a president, but he would bop down those stairs. Da da da da, da da bop bop.

ANNOUNCER: This has been President Trump would make a lot more sense if he sounded like Jennifer Coolidge.

Watch above via NBC’s Saturday Night Live.