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Aziz Ansari Plays Kash Patel in 'Saturday Night Live' Cold Open
Aziz Ansari played Kash Patel in a live sketch that also cast Ashley Padilla as Karoline Leavitt and Colin Jost as Pete Hegseth.
- Saturday Night Live returned on Saturday, May 2, 2026, with a cold open featuring Aziz Ansari as FBI Director Kash Patel and Colin Jost as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth satirizing the political landscape.
- Following a hiatus since April 11, the sketch drew material from the shuttered White House Correspondents Dinner and President Trump's recent announcement that hostilities with Iran had been 'terminated.'
- Ansari's Patel declared himself a 'trailblazer' as the 'first Indian person to suck at their job,' while Jost referenced Trump's 'You're fired!' catchphrase from The Apprentice.
- Ashley Padilla appeared as White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, while Olivia Rodrigo served as both host and musical guest for the evening's broadcast.
- SNL remains in the home stretch of its 51st season, with only two episodes left before the summer hiatus begins following the May 16 finale.
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