Less than a year ago, Elon Musk hosted Saturday Night Live. Now he’s his biggest punch line.
“Elon Musk has offered to buy Twitter for over $40 billion so he can relax his free speech rules,” Michael Che said this week, before adding, “That’s how badly whites want to use the ‘n-word.'”
Over the next few minutes, the Weekend Update anchors ripped open the world’s richest man over his bizarre plan to take over Twitter.
“Honestly, I don’t understand why Elon would even want to own Twitter,” said Colin Jost. “It used to seem important and even funny, and now you look at it and it’s confusing and depressing. It’s the Giuliani of apps.”
“And come on, Elon built electric cars, he flies to Mars, why is he even involved with Twitter?” Jost continued. “It would be like the Prince of England giving up everything just to marry an actor from Suits. Also, Twitter isn’t even that profitable anymore. It just feels like a bad business decision. And I say that as someone who bought a Staten Island Ferry with Pete [Davidson].”
Elsewhere in the segment, Jost and Che seemed to take a little break from chasing Donald Trump and Republicans to take a few shots at Joe Biden, who recently received the lowest approval rating of his presidency at 33 percent. Or, as Jost pointed out, “less than half” Sonic the Hedgehog 2’s approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Later, Jost actually drew groans from the studio audience when he made a joke about a video that went viral showing Biden shaking hands with an unseen person. “Hey, her name is Kamala,” he said. Surprised by the answer, Jost then said ad lib: “When was the last time you saw her?”
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