Posted on 05/11/2025 12:03:10 PM PDT by DFG
MAGA supporters have erupted in fury over Saturday Night Live's latest political sketch featuring a deeply personal dig at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
The controversial segment, which aired this weekend, featured former cast member Cecily Strong returning as Judge Jeanine Pirro alongside Colin Jost portraying Hegseth as her 'drinking buddy.'
In the sketch, Strong repeatedly made light of alleged alcohol issues that the real-life Defense Secretary has vehemently denied.
'I love Pete Hegseth. He's my old drinking buddy,' Strong's Pirro said.
When Jost then entered the scene as Hegseth, Pirro was so surprised that she sprayed wine all over his face.
'Hey, Pete, you're not drinking again, are you?' Johnson's Trump asked.
'No, absolutely not, sir,' Hegseth replied. 'I promised I would never have a bottle touch my lips, but I do have some news to share. Before I do, Jeanine, you want to take a swig of this?'
Pirro then spat her drinks in his face again - and he eagerly opened his mouth to catch some of the alcoholic spray.
'Anyway,' Hegseth continued. 'I accidentally added Kim Jong Un to the group chat.'
'Oh yeah, that's the stuff,' Hegseth jokes, as Trump calls the pair the 'AA team.'
The sketch sparked fury on social media with users slamming the show with angry reactions.
Many supporters of President Trump called the 'comedy' 'disgraceful' and 'anti-American.'
'This is what despicable disgraceful anti American TV PROPAGANDA looks like,' wrote one particularly incensed viewer on X. 'They attempt to portray @JudgeJeanine & Sec. Def as drinkers to regurgitate old slander points. Is this what you want your kids growing up watching?'
'Is this what you want your kids growing up watching? When we grew up with SNL it was funny,' the furious user continued.
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Never mind. ;~)
How many SNL members are/were drug addicts and alcoholics?
Too many to count.
Lighten up, Francis. That wasn’t an SNL skit. It was an SNL death rattle.
I watched the “SNL “Weekend Update” on YouTube.
It wasn’t as awful as I expected.
I particularly liked the line after addressing rumors that the new Pope was woke, with a straight-faced if you are woke, you are not Catholic. Amen.
I am MAGA and I don’t give a flying fig what SNL does or what The UK Daily Smell says.
SNL? Never heard of it.
And yet these comic geniuses wouldn’t even touch the rich environment of the Bidens.
Total NBC lowlife. Lorne Michales should be fired.
There you go, forgetting the pedo’s.
Saw a few SNL’s back in the 70’s, I too was more onto Steve Allen, Johnny Carson and the old Hollywood Squares...
I had this old Montgomery wards black & white portable.I had that TV for years and it moved to both coasts and Guam. It finally gave up the ghost, I should have turned into a fish tank. I had a couple of digital sets.They both died on me and now I just use my phone.
I never developed a habit of watching TV all that much. I didn’t grow up with it as a main form of entertainment.
CIB’s: Hegseth 1, SNL ZERO. Mic drop.
SNL exists only to launder money and soak up tax breaks for NBC. It’s only audience is coastal entertainment reporters who need something to write about for the Sunday edition.
“How many SNL members are/were drug addicts and alcoholics?”
A better question: How many killed themselves because of alcohol and drug addictions?
Yeah I’m sure the Trump administration just “erupted with the fire of a thousand suns” for a SNL dig. 🙄
Like they care....nobody watches that completely unfunny, woke show these days except the usual suspects who need to get off on “orange man bad”.
The 70’s SNL shows were true comedy.
SNL aka Stupid Nerds Lollygagging
I don’t’ even know why people are surprised about this.
“”I NEVER watch it.””
I’ve never seen it and people are nuts if they think kids of today do - they can’t take their noses out of their gaming - they probably don’t even know what it is....
Exactly! I haven't watched that $hit show for at least 30 years.
As a loud and proud member of the IDGAS+ community, IDGAS+infinity.
Uncultured.
I thought the Dems were the ones who couldn’t take a joke? I thought it was pretty funny. MAGA shouldn’t be so uptight.
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