The first Weekend Update of season 51 of “Saturday Night Live” pulled no punches, touching on several pop culture topics such as Diddy’s sentencing, J.K. Rowling‘s endless tweets against trans people and AI actress Tilly Norwood.
“It was reported that major talent agencies in Hollywood are interested in signing a new AI generated actress named Tilly Norwood,” co-anchor Colin Jost said. “The AI generated actress got her start after she had a hotel meeting with AI Harvey Weinstein.”
Later in the segment, “Harry Potter” character Dobby the House Elf (played by Bowen Yang in wild makeup and wearing a plunging sack) was brought on to speak about J.K. Rowling’s Twitter takedown of Emma Watson, as well as the former’s frequent social media posts against trans people.
“Master Rowling has done so much for Dobby, and inclusion in general,” Yang as Dobby said. “Remember when Dumbledore was gay after the books came out? And when Hermione was Black only on Broadway? And when Cho Chang was…hmm, was Cho Chang Asian? Dobby can’t remember if the character named Cho Chang was Asian or not…”
The Weekend Update duo also broke down Diddy’s sentencing this week, with co-anchor Michael Che saying, “Sean Combs was sentenced on Friday to four years in prison, and I’ll be honest, it’s hard for me to enjoy watching someone I love get punished. But that’s what Diddy would do!”
“During Sean Combs’ sentencing, he pleaded for mercy, saying the things he did were disgusting, shameful and sick,” Che continued. “In fact, just thinking about it makes him harder than grandma’s candy!”
Watch Weekend Update below.
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