Weekend Update: Blackface and Blackmail Scandals - SNL

♪♪♪ >> Announcer: IT'S "WEEKEND UPDATE" WITH COLIN JOST AND MICHAEL CHE. >> HI! >> HELLO, EVERYBODY. >> WELCOME TO "WEEKEND UPDATE." I'M COLIN JOST. >> I'M MICHAEL CHE. MAKING JOKES ABOUT THE NEWS CAN GET A LITTLE REDUNDANT. BUT EVERY SO OFTEN YOU SEE PICTURE OF A GOVERNOR IN BLACKFACE AND YOU'RE LIKE, "THIS WILL BE FUN." FIRST, THE GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA ADMITTED TO WEARING BLACKFACE IN COLLEGE FOR A MICHAEL JACKSON COSTUME -- BY THE WAY, MAKING THAT THE LEAST ACCURATE MICHAEL JACKSON COSTUME OF ALL TIME. SOUNDS CRAZY ENOUGH, BUT THEN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WAS LIKE, "YOU TOO? BLACKFACE IS MY JAM!" AND THEN LIAM NEESON WAS LIKE, "BLACKFACE? HOLD MY BEER. I DIDN'T WANT TO BRING THIS UP EVER, BUT FOR A WEEK I WAS TRYING TO KILL A BLACK DUDE WITH A BASEBALL BAT. ANYWHO, MY MOVIE COMES OUT FRIDAY." THEN OUT OF NOWHERE, 21 SAVAGE WAS LIKE, "Y'ALL KNOW I'M BRITISH, RIGHT?" WHICH I HAVE THIS WHOLE AWESOME THEORY ABOUT HOW MAYBE ADELE IS FROM ATLANTA AND THEY FREAKY FRIDAY'D. >>> VIRGINIA GOVERNOR RALPH NORTHAM IS REFUSING TO RESIGN AFTER A RACIST PHOTO FROM HIS MEDICAL SCHOOL YEARBOOK SURFACE. OKAY, BUT IF IT WAS IN A YEARBOOK, I MEAN, HOW BAD COULD IT BE? OKAY. OKAY. SO PRETTY BAD. I DIDN'T KNOW THE YEAR WAS 1870. AND BY THE WAY, THIS WAS A MEDICAL SCHOOL YEARBOOK. THESE TWO MEN ARE DOCTORS. AND NORTHAM SAYS NOW THAT NEITHER OF THESE GUYS ARE HIM. WHICH, DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH CRAZIER IT IS TO HAVE THAT PHOTO ON YOUR YEARBOOK PAGE AND YOU AREN'T IN IT? YOU JUST PUT IT ON YOUR YEARBOOK PAGE LIKE IT'S PART OF YOUR VISION BOARD. LIKE, WHAT WAS YOUR INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE? "DRESS LIKE NO ONE'S WATCHING." DEMOCRATS ARE CALLING FOR SECOND IN LINE IS NOW EMBROILED IN TWO SEXUAL ASSAULT SCANDALS. AND THE THIRD IN LINE ALSO DID BLACKFACE. SO MAYBE VIRGINIA SHOULD JUST TAKE A QUEUE FROM THE OSCARS AND JUST GO WITHOUT A GOVERNOR THIS YEAR. OR MAYBE THEY COULD COME AROUND FULL CIRCLE AND MAKE IT GOVERNOR KEVIN HART. >>> OKAY, GUCCI, BUT WHAT WAS Y'ALL TRYING TO DO? I'M WAY MORE INTERESTED IN THE RACIST JOURNEY THAN THE RACIST APOLOGY. I MEAN, WAS IT LIKE A MISUNDERSTANDING? BUT ONE TIME I WAS DOWN STAIRS AND THIS WHITE LADY TELLS HER >> WHAT IF BLACK PEOPLE WERE MAKING MAGA HATS? >>> AMAZON CEO JEFF BEZOS CLAIMS HE WAS BLACKMAILED BY THE PUBLISHER OF THE "NATIONAL ENQUIRER", WHICH HE SAID THREATENED TO PUBLISH SEMI-NUDE SELFIES OF HIM. IF YOU'RE CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT BEZOS' PENIS LOOKS LIKE, HERE'S AN EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW. I WEAR TO GOD, WHEN I CLICKED ON THIS STORY AND THE PAGE WAS LOADING, I THOUGHT THE TOP OF HIS HEAD WAS HIS PENIS. HOW FAR I HAD TO SCROLL. I'M SURPRISED THIS IS NOT ON GOVERNOR NORLTH AM'S YEAR BOOK PAGE. >>> DURING THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS, PRESIDENT TRUMP URGED POLITICAL UNITY. WHICH IS KIND OF LIKE CAPTAIN MORGAN URGING SOBRIETY. HE ALSO CLAIMED THAT IF HE HADN'T BEEN ELECTED, THE U.S. WOULD HAVE GONE TO WAR WITH NORTH KOREA. FIRST OF ALL, YOU DON'T KNOW THAT. AND SECOND, ALL RIGHT, WE'LL TAKE THAT. FINE. WELL JUST ANYTHING BUT YOU. >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP BEGAN HIS SPEECH WITH HIS TIE CROOKED IN HIS JACKET. WHILE MIKE PENCE'S TIE WAS SO STRAIGHT, IT MADE ME SUSPICIOUS. >> DEMOCRATS HAVE BEGUN THE PROCESS OF OBTAINING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TAX RETURNS. YOU KNOW THEY ARE BAD. IF THESE ARE THE LAWYERS AND THIS IS HIS DOCTOR, HIS ACCOUNTANT IS A CD-ROM OF TURBO TAX WITH A COKE PROBLEM. >>> SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE NANCY PELOSI REFUSED TO COMMIT TO BRINGING UP REPRESENTATIVE ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ'S AMBITIOUS GREEN NEW DEAL PROPOSAL FOR A VOTE, SAYING THAT SHE "WELCOMES THE ENTHUSIASM." WHICH IS OLD WHITE LADY SPEAK FOR, "GIRL, BYE."

Channel: Saturday Night Live

Views: 3,009,066

Keywords: nbc, snl, saturday night live, snl host, snl 44, snl season 44, season44, weekend update, colin jost, michael che, blackface, virginia, jeff bezos, blackmail, sexts, s44, s44e12, episode 12, live, new york, comedy, sketch, funny, hilarious, late night, host, music, guest, laugh, impersonation, actor, musician, Halsey, Ashley Nicolette Frangipane, Without Me, Bad at Love, Hopeless Fountain Kingdom, Closer, The Chainsmokers, Eastside, Him & I, Badlands

Id: xKU068rZQ50

Length: 4min 50sec (290 seconds)

Published: Sat Feb 09 2019