Aziz Ansari stuns SNL audience with surprise return to play Kash Patel |
The episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by Olivia Rodrigo on May 2 focused on political satire regarding the growing controversies surrounding the second Trump administration.
Comedian Aziz Ansari made a surprise return to SNL to portray FBI Director Kash Patel, marking his first appearance on the show since 2017.
In the sketch, Defense Secretary Hegseth, played by Colin Jost, leaned into a persona of “bravado” following recent Congressional testimony and viral TikTok military videos.
The sketch mocked the ongoing war in Iran-which has lasted roughly 60 days in the show’s timeline-with Jost’s Hegseth describing the war as “a movie” and boasting about “sick........