The skit comedy show spoofed “Fox & Friends” hosts Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt, and Brian Kilmeade, with cast members poking fun at the trio by heaping praise on Trump, who joined the cold-open segment via FaceTime.
“Pres Trump busy with breakfast,” one chyron read at the bottom of the screen during the skit.
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One of the hosts asked Trump if he had seen “the famous slap” involving Will Smith and Chris Rock at the Oscars, which dominated headlines this week.
“I did see a slap, I was very impressed by the slap,” Trump, portrayed by comedian James Austin Johnson, responded. “It’s a sad night for Hitch, too. That kind of behavior is not going to help Kevin James get a date with Allegra Cole, I’ll tell ya that.”
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Carmichael, 34, who has a new HBO special, said he loved talking about the incident with friends on Monday, but, now, he doesn’t want to discuss the six-day-old assault where Smith slapped Rock for making a joke about his wife’s baldness.
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“I don’t want to talk about it,” Carmichael said during his monologue, with the audience laughing as it was clear he was discussing the Oscars drama - without actually saying the word “slap.”
“But Lorne Michaels told me ‘I think you should talk about it. The Nation needs to heal.’”
SNL wasted no time spoofing the moment with a sketch of a manic Will Smith, played by Chris Redd, frightening life-long fanboys who witnessed the assault at the Academy Awards, as well as having Kenan Thomas’ OJ Simpson weigh in on the issue during the show’s Weekend Update segment.
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Another host asked Trump about the January 6 attack on the Capitol: “Did you plan a coup, sir?”
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“No no, there was no coup. It was an event, a take-back event, a coup perhaps,” Trump replied. “I don’t like coup. I don’t like that ‘p’ at the end. I think you should take that p and push it. We’re pushing up.”
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SNL regularly uses Trump, his Administration officials, and his allies in conservative media for material during their weekly cold open segments. Earlier this year, cast members prodded Fox’s top hosts Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham for their statements about Russian President Vladimir Putin and the invasion of Ukraine.
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