Current:Home > Scams'SNL' sends off George Santos with song, Tina Fey welcomes Emma Stone into Five-Timers Club -Core Financial Strategies
'SNL' sends off George Santos with song, Tina Fey welcomes Emma Stone into Five-Timers Club
View
Date:2025-04-25 23:14:23
George Santos' only crime is "loving too much… slash fraud," "Saturday Night Live" declared during the Bowen Yang-led cold open.
The NBC sketch comedy didn't miss a beat when it came to skewering the former New York lawmaker after he was expelled from the House of Representatives following a Friday morning vote.
Yang as Santos called a farewell press conference covered by CNN and lamented that "this entire country has been bullying me just because I am a proud gay thief."
"But what else is new? America hates to see a Latina queen winning!" he continued. "If I’m guilty of anything, it’s for loving too much… slash fraud.”
Santos called being expelled and prosecuted for 23 felonies a "setback," but said he "wouldn’t let it ruin my Kwanzaa" or stop him from seeing "Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé" during opening weekend.
"As a martyr, as a champion of the people, they’ll think of me as the modern Princess Diana and the modern Marilyn Monroe," he said of his legacy, before turning to song.
In the sketch, Santos delivered a rendition of Elton John’s "Candle in the Wind" titled "Scandal in the Wind," where he discussed his jobs, many of which were unverified.
'SNL' alum Tina Fey welcomes Emma Stone to Five-Timers Club
"SNL" was hosted by Emma Stone Saturday, making her an official member of the sketch comedy show's prestigious Five-Timers Club.
Tina Fey, an "SNL" alum, honored Stone for reaching the milestone. "At 35 years old, you're officially the youngest member. I'm the second-youngest at 53," Fey quipped.
Stone joins the list of celebrities and cast members who have hosted "SNL" more than five times including Will Ferrell, Ben Affleck, Melissa McCarthy and more.
Fey boasted about Stone joining the "women's section" of the club, which she said was founded by Candice Bergen.
Bergen, who received the honor in 1990, appeared at Studio 8H where she joked that the "women’s section started out as a small, quiet place to cry" and has transformed into a "big, luxurious place to cry."
"This has been a dream of mine since I was a kid and it means so much that I get to share this moment with you guys," Stone told her predecessors.
The Oscar winning actress previously hosted "SNL" in 2010, 2011, 2016 and 2019.
Jason Momoa makes waves as 'SNL' host,tells Dasani to 'suck it' during opening monologue
At the end of her opening monologue Saturday, the "Poor Things" actress was presented with a Five-Timers jacket.
"That must be Woody Harrelson’s jacket," Bergen said after Stone noticed a joint in the pocket.
Stone responded, "There’s also a vaccine card in here," to which Fey quipped, "Then it’s definitely not Woody’s." The comment was in reference to Harrelson's rant against COVID vaccine mandates in his opening monologue on "SNL" in February.
The top 10 'SNL' sketches this season(so far), ranked, from 'HBO Mario Kart' to Quinta Brunson
veryGood! (99313)
Related
- Friday the 13th luck? 13 past Mega Millions jackpot wins in December. See top 10 lottery prizes
- 1 of the few remaining survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor has died at 102
- Businessman pleads guilty in polygamous leader's scheme to orchestrate sexual acts involving underage girls
- Elizabeth ‘Libby’ Murdaugh, mother of Alex, dies in hospice
- Intel's stock did something it hasn't done since 2022
- Jean Breaux, longtime Democratic state Senator from Indianapolis, dies at 65
- Congrats, you just got a dry promotion — no raise included
- FBI: ‘Little rascals’ trio, ages 11, 12 and 16, arrested for robbing a Houston bank
- EU countries double down on a halt to Syrian asylum claims but will not yet send people back
- Getty Images reverses flag that Prince Archie christening photo was 'digitally enhanced'
Ranking
- Why we love Bear Pond Books, a ski town bookstore with a French bulldog 'Staff Pup'
- Last 2 Mississippi ex-officers to be sentenced for torturing 2 Black men in racist assault
- Georgia lawmakers approve income tax cuts for people and businesses
- NFL rumors target WR Brandon Aiyuk this week. Here's 5 best fits if 49ers trade him
- Travis Hunter, the 2
- Missouri Supreme Court declines to halt execution of a man who killed 2 in 2006
- A Georgia prison warden was stabbed by an inmate, authorities say
- New 'Ghostbusters' review: 2024 movie doubles down on heroes and horror, but lacks magic
Recommendation
Former Syrian official arrested in California who oversaw prison charged with torture
M. Emmet Walsh, unforgettable character actor from ‘Blood Simple,’ ‘Blade Runner,’ dies at 88
'Jeopardy' crowns winner of 2024 Tournament of Champions: What to know about Yogesh Raut
Conor McGregor bares his backside and his nerves in new ‘Road House’: ‘I'm not an actor’
Jamie Foxx reps say actor was hit in face by a glass at birthday dinner, needed stitches
Do sharks lay eggs? Here's how the fish gives birth and what some eggs look like.
Tom Izzo: Automatic bids for mid-major programs in NCAA Tournament 'got to be looked at'
Funeral home owners accused of storing nearly 200 decaying bodies to enter pleas