US EditionSNL Rips Bondi’s Departure in Cold Open
Kenan Thompson’s Charles Barkley keeps the panel off script with political jabs as Ashley Padilla’s Bondi crashes the sketch for equal time.
- On Saturday, Saturday Night Live opened with a sketch lampooning the recent firing of Attorney General Pam Bondi, parodying a CBS/TNT NCAA Final Four studio show before pivoting to her ouster.
- President Donald Trump fired Bondi earlier this week, reportedly due to frustration over her management of the Justice Department's release of Jeffrey Epstein files and failure to prosecute political enemies.
- Portraying Charles Barkley, Kenan Thompson led the segment with controversial commentary, stating we should all be glad that "freckle-chested dragon lady is gone" regarding the former attorney general.
- Ashley Padilla, playing Bondi, rebutted by breaking down in tears, complaining, "They threw my headshot in the trash like it was the Epstein files!" while lamenting her historic ouster.
- Hosted by Jack Black, the episode also referenced other political headlines, including cross-dressing revelations concerning former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, as the 51st season continues satirizing current events.
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SNL rips Bondi’s departure in cold open
“Saturday Night Live” kicked off its latest cold open with a parody skit featuring Attorney General Pam Bondi’s recent firing. The sketch depicted an NCAA Final Four postgame show in which Charles Barkley, played by Kenan Thompson, kept going off-topic and spoke on Bondi’s ouster. “It is a shame when somebody gets fired. But we…
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newly-ousted Attorney General Pam Bondi got the coldest of cold open treatments to kickoff the latest episode of Saturday Night Live. Bondi — portrayed by Ashley Padilla — was brought on for the last 90 seconds of a six-minute sketch which lampooned the crew of CBS/TNT’s March Madness studio show. Charles Barkley, who went viral for a pro-immigrant rant on the broadcast last Sunday, delivered a wicked parting shot to the attorney general. “As At…
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