‘Dude, Can You Believe I Just Started a War?’ SNL Pulls In Matt Damon To Torch Trump Allies in Cold Open

Mediaite ^ | May 10th, 2026 | Zachary Leeman

[MinorityRepublican]

Saturday Night Live’s cold open pulled in Matt Damon and saw President Donald Trump’s allies sharing some drinks and drowning their sorrows.

Damon revived a performance for SNL this weekend and a biting cold open took aim at three men whose alcohol use and alleged abuse has made headlines: Supreme Court Justice Brett Kananaugh, FBI Director Kash Patel, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

“Hey, can I just say we are both kicking ***, right now,” Damon’s Kavanaugh told Colin Jost’s Hegseth while sitting at a bar.

“Dude, can you believe I just started a war?” Jost’s Hegseth said.

Damon’s Kavanaugh then said he “ended” abortion, referring to the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022, determining individual states determine the legality of abortion.

Damon made digs about Kavanaugh drinking during his impression, pulling up a map of Tennessee and joking about new congressional lines. Tennessee is one of multiple states to implement new congressional lines that have inspired Democratic protests.

[wjcsux]

I’m old enough to remember when SNL was funny.

[curious7]

Apparently the SML writers are too ignorant to know that iran has been at war with us since the embassy take-over; may peanut-boy carter be forever shamed by his response to that event.

[SaveFerris]

I heard that for sure 😄

[Kleon]

Casting him as Odysseus is just a huge F.U. to Greek culture and men in general.

[Bob434]

was flipping through movie titles the other night lookin for something to watch- came across a damon movie- skipped right over it- didn’t even bother reading what it was about- Nope- No thanks!

[Agatsu77]

Well, now I guess Matt Damon is off my “to watch” list.

[zeestephen]

According to the chart, zero percent Baby Boomers watch SNL?

[DoodleBob]

Whoever did the polling probably looped in Boomers with GenX.

That’s make ALL the sense in the world….older people who don’t go out or if they do wear a mask, who fear the internet and free speech, and long for the good old days when Carter or Clinton were in power.

[Hyman Roth]

Who the hell is Matt Damon?

[Rummyfan]

Matt..... Damon.....

I'll be skipping The Odyssey...

[Rummyfan]

I’m also disgusted with the blackwashing in the movie done by replacing Helen of Troy, who is European, with a black woman.

Yep, Lupita what's-her-name as Helen of Troy. WTF?!

And Zendaya as Athena.... as the Critical Drinker said, Zendaya as an actress has three expressions. The puzzled frown, the angry frown, and the puzzled-angry frown. Who better to play the goddess of wisdom?!

[wardaddy]

Studio woke pressure
I’ve been to meetings there seen it in person

[wardaddy]

Meet over this never done odd story
Studio started with gay demands first

https://www.google.com/search?q=al+capone+brither+cop&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS1000US1000&oq=al+capone+brither+cop&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i13i512j0i10i22i30j0i390i512i650l2j0i751j0i512i546j0i751.14138j0j7&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#lfId=ChxjMe

[MikelTackNailer]

So they wanted to take a good story that had nothing to do
with their woke agenda and ruin it with their woke
agenda while profit is secondary?

I know blame for lack-of-sales has been diluted by having
four or more studios using upteen producers, head producers
and assistant producers; but the bottom line has to bite them
in the ass sooner or later.

[Albion Wilde]

The chart doesn’t even include their original audience, Boomers, many of whom are still alive. But probably aren’t watching the drek they have been doing since, oh, the Obama administration.