Saturday Night Live jumped proper into the highest story this week: the homicide of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and the web’s obsession together with his killer.
The NBC sketch comedy present kicked off its chilly open spoofing Nancy Grace’s present Crime Stories, the place she dives deep into surprising crimes. And the crime that has been dominating the information this week was the homicide of the insurance coverage firm CEO. Thompson was shot and killed in midtown Manhattan on Dec. 4, and after a multiday manhunt, his killer, 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, was arrested on Dec. 9 in Pennsylvania. He has been charged with homicide and is presently combating extradition to New York City.
“The masked CEO shooter has been unmasked and guess what? It’s sport over, Luigi,” Sarah Sherman’s Nancy Grace says. “And after all, everybody on-line celebrated the laborious work of regulation enforcement in apprehending this harmful legal. Just kidding, y’all suckas made him a intercourse image. That’s proper, the healthcare murderer Luigi Mangione has bought ladies and homosexual guys alike scorching and bothered.”
Since Mangione’s picture was revealed to the general public, social media has been in a frenzy over his look, with some already fan-casting the suspect for a possible film.
Sherman’s Nancy continued, “I imply, significantly? This man appears like Dave Franco with Eugene Levy’s eyebrows. I imply, what’s going on on this nation? Y’all, this man is just not a intercourse icon, OK? This man is, and I can not say this any clearer, a MURDER!”
She later introduced out a person, Kenan Thompson’s Darnell Davis, who was on the Pennsylvania McDonald’s the place Mangione was in the end arrested.
“Now, Darnell, you had been head to head with this legal. Can you consider individuals are drawn to this attractive slayer?” Sherman’s Nancy asks.
“I imply, you might have a look at him and inform he had hoes. Women love dangerous boys,” Thompson quips. “You know, again within the day you might impress your outdated woman with slightly poem. Now you gotta write a manifesto.”
Sherman’s Nancy lastly interviews “somebody who has been affected intently by the story”: a man who appears much like Mangione.
“This complete factor’s been a curler coaster for me,” Emil Wakim says. “On one hand, I maintain getting tackled by bounty hunters, however alternatively, I’ve gotten a number of the horniest DMs of my life. I imply, I haven’t paid for a meal in Brooklyn in days.”
The SNL chilly open additionally mocked the jarring expertise of watching a YouTube video and advert breaks hit mid-sentence.
Chris Rock additionally returned to host the sketch comedy present for the fourth time. He was beforehand a castmember from 1990 to 1993, and in addition hosted in 1996, 2014 and 2020.
The actor-comedian kicked off his opening monologue additionally speaking concerning the UnitedHealthcare CEO’s homicide. “There’s lots occurring within the information. My God, it’s so loopy on the market,” Rock says. “It was so laborious simply getting within the constructing tonight. So a lot safety. My God, I needed to stroll by a bunch of child oil-sniffing canines. It was insane! Everybody’s apprehensive. I imply, we bought Luigi and that’s good. I actually really feel sorry for the household. Everybody’s fixated on how handsome this man appears. If he appeared like Jonah Hill, nobody would care.”
“But he truly killed a person. A person with a household, a person with youngsters,” he provides. “I’ve condolences for the healthcare CEO, this can be a actual particular person. But you additionally gotta go… generally drug sellers get shot.”
Rock was joined by Gracie Abrams, who made her SNL debut as musical visitor. Adam Sandler additionally made a shock look in the course of the present.
