How 'SNL' Addressed Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars
'Fox & Friends' Cold Open
The 8-minute cold open sketch was a parody of Fox News' Fox & Friends, which featured a joke about the slap at around the 4-minute, 55-second mark. It came when the hosts FaceTimed former President Donald Trump – played once again by cast member James Austin Johnson – and asked him his opinion of the controversy. Pretending to confuse reality with fiction, this version of Trump seemed to think that Smith was his character from the movie Hitch.
prevnextJerrod Carmichael's Monologue
This week's host, Jerrod Carmichael took on the slap reluctantly in his monologue. Like many users on social media, he seemed frustrated by the fact that we all can't stop talking about the slap even if we have nothing new to say about it. He said: "Can you believe it's been six days?... Doesn't it feel like it happened years ago? Doesn't it feel like it happened when we were all in high school? Like, it feels like it happened somewhere between Jamiroquai and 9/11."
prevnext'Weekend Update' Part 1
"Weekend Update" co-hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che did not hold back when they took on the slap. They dedicated nearly five minutes to punchlines about the slap, tying it in with other news of the week.
prevnext'Weekend Update' Part 2
Later on, "Weekend Update" returned to the topic of the slap with Kenan Thompson playing O.J. Simpson. He joked about controlling rage with obvious references to Simpson's own criminal allegations.
prevnext'Seat Fillers'
Finally, one 4-minute sketch was all about the Will Smith slap. It featured cast member Chris Redd playing Smith and host Carmichael playing a seat-filler trying to make an impression on him. This one, in particular, joked about Smith's apparent laughter before the slap.
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