James Talarico Crashes First SNL Cold Open After Midterms
Texas Senator-elect James Talarico interrupted Saturday Night Live's cold open, drawing 20 seconds of applause as Druski became the first internet content creator to host the show. Talarico used the moment to poke fun at the sketch's repeated Trump spoofs.
Texas Senator-elect James Talarico crashed the end of Saturday Night Live's cold open on Saturday, interrupting a sketch about President Donald Trump's midterm loss and drawing 20 seconds of applause. It was James Talarico crashes first, then the rest of the night followed, as comedian Druski hosted with musical guest The Strokes.
The cameo came days after Talarico won the Texas Senate race with more than half of the vote, beating Ken Paxton. The win flipped the seat to Democrats for the first time since 1988. Democrats also took control of the House and the Senate.
Talarico cuts in on Trump
James Austin Johnson, playing Trump, was rambling through a postmortem of the election when Talarico walked on. "I'm James Talarico, the guy who's been texting you every day asking for five dollars," he said. Johnson's Trump replied, "In this economy, who can blame you?"
Talarico then turned to the show itself. "It's clear people want something new. They want something different. I'm talking, of course, about SNL's cold opens. How many of these Trump freezers are they going to do?"
Earlier in the sketch, Johnson's Trump joked about accepting the results. "I didn't even say it was rigged," he said. "I accepted the results, which is even scarier in a way."
Colin Jost also appeared as Pete Hegseth. His character said he lived "a YOLO lifestyle" and would keep losing for the president "unless Congress impeaches me."
Druski makes history as host
Druski became the first internet content creator to host the show. In his monologue he warned the audience about two rules he could not promise to follow. "No. 1, no cussing. I cannot promise that. No. 2, no whiteface. I also can't promise that."
He kept that second promise. In a spoof of the Nathan Fielder and Elizabeth Holmes documentary You Can See Everything, Druski played Holmes in whiteface and blue contacts.
Cameos across the night
Oscar-winning actor Emma Stone joined Druski during his monologue to tease The Catch, an upcoming movie they star in together. Walton Goggins joined The Strokes onstage for their performance.
During the goodnights, Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock appeared on stage, along with Michael B. Jordan.
