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‘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

Posted on 05/10/2026 12:55:11 PM PDT by 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at mediaite.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: mattdamon; nbc; snl; tds

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1 posted on 05/10/2026 12:55:11 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

So stunning and brave.


2 posted on 05/10/2026 1:00:26 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: MinorityRepublican

Mediaite, SNL and the democrat party. Crack heads and tweakers made for each other.


3 posted on 05/10/2026 1:01:38 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Conservatives can't afford to sit out. Vote like your freedom depends on it, it does!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Matt Damon = Barf , no one likes him


4 posted on 05/10/2026 1:02:16 PM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: butlerweave

IIRC, Matt Damon is a member of the Film Actors Guild ...


5 posted on 05/10/2026 1:05:09 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: MinorityRepublican
SNL’s audience is largely older white guys, likely GenXers who are paid No Kings protesters. This show is an echo chamber and irrelevant.


6 posted on 05/10/2026 1:06:54 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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7 posted on 05/10/2026 1:08:23 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Laughs for lemmings. Not very brave to uphold the establishment.


8 posted on 05/10/2026 1:09:07 PM PDT by Trump_Triumphant (“They recognized Him in the breaking of the Bread”)
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To: MinorityRepublican

He who laughs last laughs best.


9 posted on 05/10/2026 1:11:09 PM PDT by FrdmLvr
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To: DoodleBob

Hah! I did remember correctly!


10 posted on 05/10/2026 1:13:24 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Let SNL in a “bipartisan” fashion do a bit mocking the Barrack-Michelle Obama marriage. Or the loveless Billary, Inc. marriage. That will never happen.


11 posted on 05/10/2026 1:16:56 PM PDT by Wuli (ui)
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To: MinorityRepublican

They forgot to include Senators Teddy Kennedy (D-MA) and Chris Dodd (D-CT) with a skit about “Waitress Sandwiches.” Yes, drunks Kennedy and Dodd were known for assaulting DC restaurant waitress by ganging up on them and “sandwiching” them with their fat torsos. FACT.


12 posted on 05/10/2026 1:22:50 PM PDT by Joe Marine 76 ("Honor is a gift a man gives to himself." - Rob Roy MacGregor)
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To: DoodleBob

Fag


13 posted on 05/10/2026 1:26:53 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I was on the fence about watching his new movie Odysseus but now I will definitely skip it. I’m also disgusted with the blackwashing in the movie done by replacing Helen of Troy, who is European, with a black woman.


14 posted on 05/10/2026 1:31:14 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck ( Neocons in love with the Ukraine War hate how long the Iran War is taking.......... )
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If I wanted to hear about SNL I’d watch SNL, I really don’t need a newsreport telling me what happened on a sketch show.


15 posted on 05/10/2026 1:32:47 PM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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Yaaawn, same old same old.


16 posted on 05/10/2026 1:44:05 PM PDT by bray (Thank God for Israel)
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To: MinorityRepublican

They really don’t have much do they?


17 posted on 05/10/2026 1:50:39 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: wildcard_redneck

It’s been reported that the trailer for the movie has gotten the lowest score for any Nolan movie.

It’s filled with CGI and dark lighting. It’s also rumored that the beautiful Ellen Page, who mutilated herself into an unhealthy looking man called Eliot Page, has been cast as the
ghost of Achilles.

A hard pass which includes even when it goes to streaming.


18 posted on 05/10/2026 1:51:13 PM PDT by CaptainK ("No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up” )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Not a shred of originality. Living on a decades old carcass...ghoulish.


19 posted on 05/10/2026 2:07:28 PM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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To: CaptainK

Christopher Nolan is known for making decent movies. So I’m not sure what’s up with that?


20 posted on 05/10/2026 2:09:09 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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