WATCH: Trump, Boozed-Up Jeanine Pirro And Hegseth Crash Mother’s Day Tribute In Outrageous SNL Cold Open

 

Caricatures of President Donald Trump, a boozy Jeannine Pirro, and an off-the-wagon Secretary of State Pete Hegseth crashed a Mother’s Day tribute in Saturday Night Live’s Season 50 cold open.

Walton Goggins of White Lotus fame was the guest host on this week’s edition of Saturday Night Live. The Arcade Fire was the musical guest.

But before Goggins could begin her hosting stint, the cast of the long-running sketch show performed the cold open, a long-running gag in which the show performs a parody — usually related to current events — that ends with performers breaking character and exclaiming “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!”

This week, the show began with a customary Mother’s Day tribute featuring the cast and their moms — which was quickly interrupted by James Austin Johnson’s Trump.

The bit also featured a surprise appearance by former cast member Cecily Strong as Pirro and Weekend Update newsreader Colin Jost as Hegseth:

CAST: It’s time to sing the chorus.

SKETCH DONALD TRUMP: Or not! Hello. It’s me again invading all aspects of your life. All right. Got the right idea, just move it along. Bye bye, moms. Don’t worry, those aren’t even the real moms, those are actors. Can you believe that? SNL wouldn’t spring for the flights.

What the hell am I doing here, huh? There’s a new pope from Chicago. Why aren’t we doing Da Pope or something, right?

Like Da Bears, but Da Prayers, you know what I mean?

First thought, whatever.

Instead, you get me. Isn’t that exciting? Oh, it’s so exciting. We have an American Pope, Chicago-style, no ketchup.

But we like Pope Leo, and we hope he does what we want. That’s what you want the Pope to do, what you what, right? Otherwise, I’ll have to send JD back to do his thing.

Remember the last time J.D. Met the Pope? He’s got the Misas touch, but for bad things, right? He meets the Pope dead. Goes to India, war! He joins my campaign, Trump wins. It’s really incredible. Bad things happen in threes.

But we like the way they elect Mr. Pope. We like the smoke. It’s wonderful what they’re doing with smoke. And phallic hats, and the pulp mobile. We like that as well. One of my favorite mobiles after wiener and bat. But we love Catholic. It’s one of these stronger Christian organizations along with Salvation Army, and I want to say Chick-fil-A.

And we love catholic mass. The only thing I don’t like is that holy water. Why is that stuff burned so bad when it hits your skin, huh? What’s in that stuff? We got to figure that out. We’ll be looking into that.

What else is going on? The debt is piling up, and we’ve got no trade deals. Well, you know what, we’ve one with the UK, but they don’t have anything we want, right? Sir, how many Cadbury fruit and nut bars would you like? Zero, so I’m not going to be doing trade anymore. Question, can a country go out of business? We’re going to find out.

But some good news. I just appointed one of the loudest people note to be the U.S. Attorney in D.C. Jeanine Pirro, come on out, Janine, come one.

SKETCH JEANINE PIRRO: Wow! Thank you! It is an honor to serve!

SKETCH DONALD TRUMP: Look at this. This is Janine has brought her files and she’s ready to work.

SKETCH JEANINE PIRRO: Oh, no. This? It’s a cozy for my Mertlot-zey.

SKETCH DONALD TRUMP: See, she always comes prepared. And that rhymed. I like that.

SKETCH JEANINE PIRRO: Thank you. Wowee! Sweet justice.

SKETCH DONALD TRUMP: Jeanine will be the newest addition to my incredible team in my administration.

SKETCH JEANINE PIRRO: And what a team, Mr. President. I’m so proud to be part of this group full of Russian assets, booze hounds, and people famous for the little baby animals they’ve killed.

SKETCH DONALD TRUMP: We’re proud to have you. I personally picked Jeanine to be the U.S. Attorney in Washington, D.C. Isn’t that right?

SKETCH JEANINE PIRRO: That’s right, the district. Or as the locals call it, Chocolate City. So all you soul sisters and brothers, put the word out on the street, there’s a bad new mama jammer laying down the law, getting down in funky town, looking fine and sipping wine. Wow, I’m so glad we can talk like this again, Mr. President. Mr. President.

SKETCH DONALD TRUMP: Oh, we love Jeanine. She’s a great legal mind. And she has the most important quality I look for in a lawyer. She’s on TV. She’s On The Five, which is a show on Fox, kind of like The View.

SKETCH JEANINE PIRRO: I’m the whoopee!

SKETCH DONALD TRUMP: You are indeed the whoopie. You’re very whoopey, but you’re also very, very tough.

SKETCH JEANINE PIRRO: Yes, especially on immigration. I don’t have any reservations about sending things back. My friends know I’ve sent back every salad I’ve ever ordered at a restaurant.

SKETCH DONALD TRUMP: One no, I’ve never eaten one. Wow, I love hiring people from Fox News. They all do an incredible job. Just look at Pete Hegseth, not one mistake.

SKETCH JEANINE PIRRO: Oh, I love Pete Hegseth. He’s my old drinking buddy. Surprise.

SKETCH PETE HEGSETH: Thank you.

SKETCH JEANINE PIRRO: Thank you.

SKETCH PETE HEGSETH: Thank you very much.

SKETCH DONALD TRUMP: Yes, you know, I asked Pete to give us a little rundown on one of our F-18 fighter planes. Oh! Is it bombing the Houthis?

SKETCH PETE HEGSETH: Uh, close. It fell off the aircraft carrier into the ocean.

SKETCH DONALD TRUMP: (SPIT TAKE) Again?

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