Morgan Wallen, Russell Brand and Kid Rock: The Best Burns on Last Night’s Weekend Update
It was another week of fiery comedy barbecue on Weekend Update as Michael Che and Colin Jost mercilessly roasted the week’s newsmakers. Who got the heat? Here are seven of the spiciest burns from last night’s show…
Morgan Wallen
Last week’s musical guest got two SNL slaps last night. “Just in the past two days, investors have lost over $6 trillion,” observed Jost. “Money is leaving the stock market faster than Morgan Wallen at goodnights.”
But that wasn’t SNL’s only clap back at Wallen, who posted a “Get me the hell out of here” Instagram post after his quick exit last week. In the show’s opening sketch, James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump explained his new tariffs, including charges for “an island that is uninhabited by humans. It’s called Heard and McDonald Island. Ooh, McDonald Island — I’d love to visit there, right? McDonald Island. Can you imagine that? A Big Mac and a hula skirt. Ooh-la-la! You know, I had to mock up some artwork of McDonald Island. Howard, do you mind bringing that out, please? There we go. I want to go to there. Get me to God's country, right?”
Despite what Wallen’s reps say, there must have been bad vibes with the musical guest after all.
Russell Brand
“Actor Russell Brand was charged in England with sexual assault,” said Jost, “which somehow makes this video even creepier.”
A vintage SNL clip then played of host Russell Brand introducing musical guest Chris Brown.
“We really know how to pair them up.”
Cory Booker
“Senator Cory Booker set a record, giving a 25-hour speech on the Senate floor, which is crazy,” said Che. “I mean, I’ve been talking for 45 seconds, and I already want to go home. The previous record was actually held by Strom Thurmond, who spoke for over 24 hours to protest the Civil Rights Bill — and look how effective that was.”
Jost joined in: “The live stream of Cory Booker’s speech got more than 350 million likes on TikTok and was reshared millions more times with the hashtag #WhyVinDieselTrippin?”
Robert Kennedy
“Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., seen here watching a chicken sneeze on a baby…
...said this week that he’s pushing for school cafeterias to serve whole milk. Though it’s RFK, so that milk could be coming from any hole.”
Kid Rock
“This week, President Trump met with Kid Rock for what appears to be Drag Queen Story Hour,” joked Jost.
“Kid Rock watched Trump sign an executive order on concert ticket fees, and then returned to his regular job as a Fourth of July lawn skeleton.”
Goofy
“Mental-health experts are saying that adults can help deal with trauma by sleeping with a stuffed animal,” reported Jost, “which is the same thing Goofy whispered to your wife.”
Some Poor Toddler
“A British woman says that her one-year-old son ate her father’s ashes,” said Che. “So in a way, he does have his grandpa’s eyes.”
