“This week marks two years because the starting of the primary COVID lockdown and let’s simply say some individuals have dealt with the stress higher than others,” Colin Jost mentioned on the prime of Saturday Night time Dwell’s “Weekend Replace” this week, as Vladimir Putin’s photograph appeared on display beside him.
“Russia has handed a ‘pretend information’ legislation that makes it unlawful for any group to report info that contradicts what the federal government says,” he continued, “which explains the latest headline, ‘6-foot-5 Putin Not Insane.’”
After Jost joked that the state of affairs in Ukraine is “so upsetting” that he’s “truthfully thought of marching right down to the closest military enlistment workplace” and signing up Michael Che, his co-anchor moved on to the alarmingly excessive gasoline costs throughout america.
Che joked that oil has develop into “so costly, that America, we would have to maneuver again in with our ex,” including, “Come on, Iraq. we by no means stopped loving you, child.”
Later, Jost famous that Russians have reportedly been “hoarding” McDonald’s sandwiches after the chain introduced it will be ending operations there. “Together with some honorary Russians,” he added, revealing a photograph of one in every of Donald Trump’s notorious quick meals feasts.
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And at last, the pair moved on to the backlash towards Disney’s preliminary silence on Florida’s “Don’t Say Homosexual” invoice. “Though at Disney, they really don’t say homosexual, they are saying Timon and Pumbaa,” Che joked.
“Florida governor Ron DeSantis, seen right here waving COVID into the membership, attacked Disney for opposing the state’s ‘Don’t Say Homosexual’ invoice, calling the corporate a woke company,” Jost added. “Disney denied the claims of wokeness with roughly 90 years of cartoons.”
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